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    Default Allen's Chirp

    Almost always agressive Allen's just beginning to give chase...

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    D4 300f/2.8 + TC17EII (510mm) 1/4000 f/8 +1.67EV ISO3200 Spot metering, no flash, HH, late morning overcast
    tone, modest lift, detail & sharpening, light nr, cropped to 65% linear

    University of California at Santa Cruz Arboretum, garden of hummingbird attracting flowering plants. Thanks for looking.

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    Love the defensive posture...... on such a small bird too, the Chihuahua of the bird world. A shame about the dull skies, a tad soft but with the ambient light expectable. Nicely isolated from background and the shot certainly shows the neck feathers beautifully

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    Excellent image of cute little one. Loved the pose,colors and details.

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    Beautiful bird and image,dont mind the BG.thanks.

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    Beautiful image with very soft light.
    Nice to see these with no flash, very nice.
    Dan Kearl

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    Like the out of the box image design and the killer pose. And those tiny wings. Ran a 70% NIK Color Efex Pro Tonal Contrast filter on the bird only using a Hide-All mask to give it some pop. You can save 15% on all NIK products by clicking here and entering BAA as your promo code at checkout. See my latest NIK blog post here.
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    Phil, Satish, Christopher, Dan, Artie,

    Thanks much for your comments, they are much appreciated.

    Artie, I like the color and contrast of your version. Thanks for the suggestion.

    Cheers,

    -Michael-

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    Very cool, I didn't expect to see a hummer for this month's theme! Artie's repost does indeed make it pop better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Gerald-Yamasaki View Post
    Phil, Satish, Christopher, Dan, Artie,

    Thanks much for your comments, they are much appreciated.

    Artie, I like the color and contrast of your version. Thanks for the suggestion.

    Cheers,

    -Michael-
    You are most welcome. Not easy to see the differences by scrolling but side by side or in a slide show the differences are pronounced.
    BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.

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