July Hummingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted December 8, 2015109 views7 comments

Looking through the old files again and I decided to process a couple more Rufous Hummingbird issues from a nice session on July 5th. I wish the Monarda had been in bettr conditions, but our weather turned dry very early this last summer and messed with a lot of our flowers.

7D2, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu gimbal on RRS legs, f/6.3, 1/2500, iso 1000, aperture priority, pattern metering, -2/3 stop compensation (that white patch behind the eye likes to blow out on this species). Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 14.2 Mpixels in a 4x5 aspect ratio. Taken at 6:09 am on July 5th, 2015.

I appreciate all your comments and criticisms and look forward to your input on this image.

Thanks,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Elizabeth Holbrook on December 8, 2015 at 10:47 PM

awesome little Rufous. I really like the detail in the hummer and the flower and the blurred BG. The birds iridescent greens are brilliant.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on December 8, 2015 at 11:12 PM

beautiful bird with great details. I like how you positioned the background flower; it balances the main red flower.

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Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on December 8, 2015 at 11:14 PM

Dennis,

very nice light conditions and you isolated the bird very well from the background. Technically very good showing good details and exposure looks great as well.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 9, 2015 at 11:57 AM

Very nice composition, Dennis. Very good detail in the hummer. Is the overall reddish cast late light or something else?

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 9, 2015 at 7:15 PM

Jim: The slight color cast has to be early morning light or reflection off the side of the house which is a light to medium brown.

CORRECTION: Jim, we had bad wildfires east of the Cascade Mountains this summer. When this was taken, the weather was bringing the smoke west. I could look directly at the morning sun and it was blood red. Sorry, I'd forgotten the situation when I first posted my explanation.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 10, 2015 at 12:21 PM

Nice, and natural-looking image Dennis. Great result ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on December 10, 2015 at 4:45 PM

Like this a lot Dennis. Great job catching the wings up position. Details in the hummer look good as well as the bg and comp. I too like the oof red flower. Nice work!

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