Hummer Encounter

[Ian Cassell]

Canon 7D
Canon EF400mm f/5.6L

This image of a pair of Anna's Hummingbirds was in-camera with a bit of S/H in CS5
I liked the action in the image.

[Kerry Perkins]

Ian, nice action captured and I like the blur. The high-key background is really nice for this scene and your composition is quite nice. Well done!

[denise ippolito]

Ian, I like the action too! Nice high key look. I wonder if you could get just a little detail or separation out of the back hummer's face. I think the center composition works well here and the colors are lovely. Can you provide us w/ any more tech information?

[Ian Cassell]

Oooops, forgot! It was 1/640sec f/6.3 @ ISO 100 Av. I wish I had more detail in that back hummer, but I don't.

[denise ippolito]

Thanks Ian, I appreciate you supplying the info.

[Ken Childs]

Hey Ian, this blur works great with the light BG! While this does look good as is, I think I might like it better with a vertical crop, adding some canvas on the top and bottom.

[Brendan Dozier]

Very nice action shot & blur, Ian. I also like the high-key BG. Might be interesting to experiment with some different crops, but well done!

[Indranil Sircar]

Ian, nice blur effect and hk works well here. Nicely done.

[Ian Cassell]

Thanks for the comments, everyone. Ken, I tried adding a bit of canvas as you suggested. Thoughts?

[Christopher Miller]

Excellent blur and action, Ian. I like the added room in the repost, but I would remove the blue gradient at the bottom so that the entire BG is white. Nice work.