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Antiguan Humming Bird
Antiguan Humming Bird
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Portrait Of A Wild Bird (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
Location: Antigua
Date: Dec 24, 2009
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Macro, Birds
Date Uploaded: Dec 25, 2009

 Wild hummingbird from Antigua in the Caribbean. Haven't submitted anything to the site in a while and figured this would be a great fit.

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Place: 130 out of 138
Avg (all users): 4.6649
Avg (commenters): 5.2727
Avg (participants): 4.6812
Avg (non-participants): 4.6555
Views since voting: 758
Views during voting: 340
Votes: 188
Comments: 11
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/03/2010 11:50:04 PM
Love the shot and the colours .. however try running this through neat image .. would remove all the pixalation
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/03/2010 10:57:51 PM
you've got alot of noise going on...for me it detracts
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
 12/31/2009 07:35:17 PM
Nice shot esp her left wing and little feet..
I won't see these until summer..
Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/31/2009 08:37:24 AM
Noisy; but well found, nicely composed shot
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/30/2009 04:45:12 PM
Cool shot, but it's been enlarged beyond the effective ability of the sensor/lens combo you've used.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/30/2009 01:55:11 PM
Great capture, but the image quality is low, 5.
Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 12/30/2009 12:01:16 PM
Very nice capture. Too bad about all the noise. Noise Ninja, Neat Image, or Noiseware would really improve this image.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 12/29/2009 08:30:51 PM
Nice capture. Not quite up to some of the top images in this challenge. I think you didn't have enough lens or megapixels.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 12/29/2009 03:26:01 PM
Hummer! Nice detail on his little head. Bit noisy in the background.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/28/2009 07:50:51 PM
Amazing capture. I'm sure you are hearing about the grain/noise - a result of the cropping I assume - I had a similar problem with my submission. Doesn't take away from the fact that you snatched a great photographic moment, here. Ahh, but if only I had several thousand to unload on a 500mm lens! Nice work.
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Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 12/28/2009 04:07:50 PM
And they said it couldn't be done... Nice shot- I would normally whine about the graininess, but I'm assuming (because the wing feathers are visible) that this must have been a very fast shutter speed, and an accordingly high ISO.

I'm giving you bonus points for difficulty- as I'm not a huge fan of this image, but I really appreciate the difficulty here.
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