Another Rufous Image

Gallery: AvianPosted July 17, 201566 views5 comments

The same bird as my last post, though I'm not sure whether it's the same blossom. I removed a couple of part flowers on the edges of this one.

7Dii, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f/6.3, 1/2500, iso 1000, aperture priority an pattern metering with -2/3 stop compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Bird processed on a separate layer from the background. Cropped to 15.8 MP. Taken at 6:09 am on July 5th.

I appreciate your comments on my last hummingbird post.

Thanks,

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on July 18, 2015 at 3:26 AM

Nice colors, and a pleasant and natural setting ! Great work, Dennis ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Andrew Sentipal on July 18, 2015 at 8:23 AM

Dennis,

Stunning image. no flash ?

Perfect background. I would be thrilled to have shot this beauty, Good job.

Andrew

Registered on February 16, 2008, 200 Posts, 317 Comments

Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on July 18, 2015 at 6:07 PM

It's perfect, Dennis.

Pretty sharp image, very nice scene

Registered on December 18, 2012, 162 Posts, 975 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 18, 2015 at 6:44 PM

Andrew asked: "no flash ?

No flash. I prefer the look of the wings without it-just a personal preference, as I have seen some stunning Hummingbird images with flash setups. It's probably just laziness on my part-I don't have to set anything up but my three-legged stool and tripod and I'm not limited to enticing the bird to a particular blossom.

crying

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 18, 2015 at 10:27 PM

I like the wing position even better in this one Dennis. Looks like you had some great light to work with and you made good use of it!

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