I realize not the most original shot on DPC...I'm trying to put together a portfolio of nature images for a show I have next year, so I'm shooting a lot of birds right now. Taken in a sunny part of my backyard. I hung a feeder from a light stand, then shaded it with a shoot through umbrella to get the diffuse lighting. The bushes in the background are in full shade.
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* USM (15,50,0) to improve local contrast
* USM (200, 0.3, 7)
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Place: 3 out of 201 Avg (all users): 7.0674 Avg (commenters): 7.5000 Avg (participants): 6.6607 Avg (non-participants): 7.2336 Views since voting: 7115 Views during voting: 396 Votes: 193 Comments: 25 Favorites: 4 (view)
Oh Ann! I am a huge hummingbird photo shooter too. That's why I can appreciate the difficulty in getting a shot like this. I love the expression on this one's face. He looks so innocent and inquisitive. I'm so glad this one won a ribbon. I don't think excellent hummingbird photos will ever grow old.
Hi I'm a new member and I wanted to tell you that this photograph is probably the most breath taking photo of a hummingbird I've ever seen. I love hummingbirds! I have feeders, and flowers and all sorts of interaction with them.
Of course this is Ann's. Congratulations on the ribbon! I wouldn't have thought it was yours because the wings are blurred, unlike all your others, but I guess that was the point of this one wasn't it? Good job! Nice background bokeh.
Wasn't able to vote in this Challenge, but did take a gander at a couple of screens. When this little guy popped up, my first thought was - "Boy, this is going to be one of the top vote-getters!" All of us should be so talented as to get such an "unoriginal shot" as this one! Good Luck on your show next year.
One of my favorites in this challenge and a high scorer. Great colors, great focus AND motion blur. Raising my previous vote this second time around. 8
This is why I didn't enter this challenge; I don't have regular access to a Hummingbird ;-) He's looking a little oversaturated on the throat but the detail in the eye is fabulous, and the requisite wing blur is well-defined. I'd do a Levels adjustment to darken the background and make him stand out even more.
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