Hummer and friend

Gallery: AvianPosted August 6, 20182,545 views4 comments

Taken in central Illinois. This hummer seemed to be looking at the bug in front of it, knowing that it was too large for a meal.

Canon 80D
Canon EF100-400mm F- 4.5/5.6L
1/1000 @ F-11 ISO 800

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 6, 2018 at 8:38 PM

Good exposure and detail on the hummer. The BG is way too bright, busy and distracting!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 6, 2018 at 9:02 PM

Nice catch, John, and excellent detail in the hummingbird. If you can select the bird, you might bring the exposure on it up a bit so it competes better with the background.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on August 7, 2018 at 6:59 PM

I dunno, John; the background is pretty distracting... I know the bug adds interest, but I'd have made the photo at f5.7 or so.

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 10, 2018 at 5:10 PM

Very colourful, but might be better if the BG was blurred a lot. Too many things in sharp focus - I don't know where to look !.
Sandy

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