What a beautiful hummingbird! I love the colors and the texture. I think it would benefit from a little more sharpening. Those feathers in the neck are awesome :-)
Thanks. I tried a bit of both. This was my first attempt at adding a catch light. I used Artie's tutorial, but not sure how I feel about the result. I also sharpened a bit more. Thoughts?
There's something about the color of the top of his head that's too off-black and too gray for me. It makes it seem like maybe you shot through something close to the lens, which I don't think can be the case, because everything else is really sharp with lots of detail.
Thanks, Allen. I think that the head was not true-black. In fact, if you look closely, it actually has a bit of blue in it. I'll go back to the original and play some more.
Hi Ian - added catchlight looks good, as does the extra sharpening.
Head looked a little soft compared to the rest of the body - which would indicate the point of focus was not on the head and not quite enough DOF.
Like the pose -might just try setting a black and white point in P.S..
Good show :)
Costa's Hummingbird
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