Hummingbird in Tree & Repost

Gallery: AvianPosted October 24, 20171,208 views6 comments

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird in a tree.

Canon 60D, Canon 70-300mm lens@300mm, f/8, 1/2000, ISO 800

I appreciate all comments and critiques.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on October 25, 2017 at 8:05 AM

Beautiful bird and great background, Barb. On my monitor, though, the focus seems to be a little soft, especially on the bird's eye and face.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 25, 2017 at 5:59 PM

Nice pose and perch, Barb. It's always fun to get one of these and doing it with a 300mm lensis special. It looks to me as if your focus was on the back of the hummer and you sharpened it to try to get the head to look sharper. In the process, I think the back got a bit oversharpened. I think you'd get a bit better results by sharpening the head and body separately.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on October 25, 2017 at 6:57 PM

Thanks for you comments and advice, Dennis and Ajit. Here is the image with the head sharpened more and the rest of the image sharpened less.

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on October 26, 2017 at 2:44 AM

Looks much better now cool

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 27, 2017 at 5:35 PM

Worked like a charm, Barb. Nice!

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on October 31, 2017 at 7:44 PM

Great shot Barb. I agree with the repost being really good.

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