Anna's Hummingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted October 1, 20171,057 views9 comments

Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)

Place: Gilbert Water Ranch, AZ
Date: September 7, 2011, 6:39 am
Equipment: Nikon D300, AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8D ED-IF, TC-20E (2x), Gitzo G1325 tripod, Sidekick, RRS BH-55
Exposure: ISO 400, Aperture priority matrix metered, 1/125th @ f/5.6
Raw, PS CC 2017 on Mac, cropped to 47% of full frame

A companion to my last Anna’s post from two weeks ago, taken 29 minutes prior. This is a young male without a complete gorget.

Honest critiques requested; all comments appreciated. If possible please view the large version before commenting.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on October 1, 2017 at 4:19 PM

Excellent capture, Richard! The detail in the feathers are really good. Nice background too.

Registered on May 27, 2017, 77 Posts, 844 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on October 1, 2017 at 4:48 PM

Nice soft light and detail well captured, Rich.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 1, 2017 at 5:03 PM

Certainly more conventional than the last one, Richard. I like this one as well. Excellent detail in the hummer and I like the curved perch and nearly head-on pose.

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

Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on October 1, 2017 at 8:08 PM

Very pretty. Never seen this one before. I almost said, "X marks the spot", but I realized, that the marking is almost a swastika frown

Yikes.....amazing.... He, also, has kind of a scary intense look on his face....I don't think, he likes his picture taken! sad

Registered on May 23, 2009, 800 Posts, 2042 Comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on October 1, 2017 at 8:11 PM

Real nice pose and detail. I like the curved perch. The background is nice, though one small nit would be the dark spot on the right which tends to draw the eye.

Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on October 2, 2017 at 3:01 PM

Nice to have a frontal shot of a Hummer ! Focus on the eye. Well done. Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on October 3, 2017 at 11:14 AM

A pleasing image with notable details, light, BG, and perch. D300 was a superb Nikon and the 300 2.8 is one of the sharpest lenses. I always have concerns about image quality with extenders especially the TC-20E. I have both that extender and the 300 but find I have stopped using the extender because of IQ issues. I realize that sometimes one has no choice.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 3, 2017 at 12:28 PM

D300 was a superb Nikon and the 300 2.8 is one of the sharpest lenses. I always have concerns about image quality with extenders especially the TC-20E. I have both that extender and the 300 but find I have stopped using the extender because of IQ issues. I realize that sometimes one has no choice.

I agree. The D300 was excellent, and it took my a long time to retire the pair of them that I had. And the 300/2.8 is simply awesome - I relied on it from a new purchase in 1998 until last year. It had so much resolution that what was lost with the TC-20E was barely noticeable with the lower MP bodies like the D70 and D200. But when I replaced the pair of D300's with a pair of D7200's and 24MP I was no longer satisfied with the resolution loss of the 2x. So I went with thre Nikkon 200-500 and am now satisfied with the IQ once again.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 3, 2017 at 2:53 PM

Your usual excellent work. Everything looks just right, which I expect from a Rich Ditch image. devil

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments