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    Hi Folks;

    Captured this male Costa's Hummingbird in our garden this morning.

    Comments Welcome & Appreciated.

    Gus

    Very minimal PP in LR3 & CS5

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    AP: F/6.3, 1/640s, ISO 200, -0.70eV, CWA, sRGB, AWB. No flash or Beamer

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    What a delightful little visitor. Must have been some good light as the feathers are rather sparkly.
    The top right corner looks like it needs a touch up. Maybe a bit of low opacity cloning would help. There is avery distinct line between the two tones.

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    Hi Chris;

    You're right on the money, gave it a very low opacity color brush, and very low overall opacity overall.
    The light was excellent & even wonder if low Lab color sharpening was too much. Shoot in RAW & LF JPG and JPG looked right on the money for sharpening. Also have in camera sharpening & contrast -1

    Thanks for looking and commenting on my post

    Gus

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    Gus,
    Wonderful capture of a beautiful hummer. Great lighting. I see more evidence of cloning on your second version than on the first. On my monitor, the image is right on the edge of being a over sharpened.
    Terry

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    Hi Folks;

    I shoot both RAW & LF JPG. Here is the original JPG, full frame, no cropping, and I really think I could have done a better job with this and hardly any PP?

    Gus

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    Trying to make Lemonade from Lemons . . .

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    I like this version very much Gus. I also like the level of sharpness. Aren't these guys a delight?
    He looks very much like our Annas in many ways. Thanks for posting your revised image

    Hope you had luck making your lemonade! :)
    Terry

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