Prim and Proper

Gallery: AvianPosted May 20, 2012145 views15 comments

The complete opposite of the last post. I don't know if this is the same bird as we seem to have at least seven or eight females around this year (maybe more judging by the rapidity with which the feeders are emptied). It was raining this morning, so I opened the porch door and shot from shelter-it made a pretty decent blind.

1DIV, 500mm ISL + 1.4TC, Black Widow on RRS legs, f8, 1/125, iso 640, Av mode with no compensation. Cropped to 4.9 MP from the horizontal. Normal processing in CS5.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 20, 2012 at 7:31 PM

Dennis, the light and detail on this are great. I also like the clean bg and diagonal perch. I would be tempted to remove the oof branch on the bottom.

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on May 20, 2012 at 7:39 PM

Lovely hummingbird, such detail and color, and yes a great composition... thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on May 20, 2012 at 8:11 PM

Colors and detail on the bird are great. I too, would remove that little whit streak at the bottom. Nice job! Sharon

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 20, 2012 at 9:48 PM

I like this a lot Dennis. A very simple composition with good detail. I do notice a very small dust spot above and to the left of the hummers head- a very small nit however-really nice job .

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on May 21, 2012 at 3:17 AM

Dennis the detail you have got on this bird is superb,no nits from me.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on May 21, 2012 at 6:32 AM

Dennis, lovely light & great BG. Those subtle colors & detail are stunning.

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Comment posted by Geoff Powell on May 21, 2012 at 8:05 AM

Great light and detail. Nice clean perch with BG.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 21, 2012 at 10:58 AM

Really nice detail on this Dennis and good processing!

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on May 21, 2012 at 7:16 PM

Wonderful detail and excellent colors. Nice work.

Ray

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on May 22, 2012 at 7:11 PM

Fabulous detail in the feathers against a very clean bg make for a lot of impact with this image. Nice work, Dennis.

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Comment posted by Jay Levin on May 23, 2012 at 2:06 PM

Beautiful details and color in this lovely capture, Dennis, with a terrific background. This is excellent.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on May 23, 2012 at 3:33 PM

Excellent colors and details. Very nice lean composition with harmonic BG. I also like very much something like spider web on top of the bill. TFS.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 23, 2012 at 6:40 PM

Gerat comp and exposure detail. I agree with Cheryl on the slight limb image in bottom center.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 23, 2012 at 11:13 PM

Cool shot Dennis, is that a spider web on the head?

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Comment posted by David Williams on May 24, 2012 at 6:29 PM

Prim and proper fits this shot perfectly, Dennis. A nice quiet pose for a hummer. I think the spider web adds to the quiet feeling, too.

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