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Anna's Humming Bird
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Anna's Humming Bird

by William Baer

Gallery: AvianPosted April 16, 201370 views5 comments
Taken near Big Sur at a place called Rocky Point California. The winter time is the best time to go here. In the summer,it's overcast and foggy. I took this shot with my Nikon D-300 18-200 mm zoom lens at 1/1000 shutter speed. ISO 200 Sunny bright day.

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5 comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on April 16, 2013 at 7:16 AM
Nice sharpness and action stopping. The BG to me is just a bit too busy. A tighter crop may reduce the distraction. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 16, 2013 at 9:03 AM
Works for me William, I like the flower and the colors in the setting work perfectly with this understated hummer. Excellent sharpness on the bird, just enough blur in the wings to leave some realism in the shot. :toast:
Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments
Comment posted by William Baer on April 16, 2013 at 2:52 PM
I did not mean for this to be unsaturated, I don't know why, but I am having the toughest time changing my tiffs to J pegs and retaining the same look as the tiffs. I post my work as jpeg and it looks entirely different than before I converted it into a jpeg.
Registered on April 1, 2013, 60 Posts, 51 Comments
Comment posted by William Baer on April 16, 2013 at 11:25 PM
Updated Humming Bird.
Registered on April 1, 2013, 60 Posts, 51 Comments
Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on April 18, 2013 at 8:50 PM
William,
I like the first one better. The second seems a bit stiff. Good catch.
Registered on March 13, 2011, 326 Posts, 1679 Comments