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Ted ellis
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birdied wrote:
Love to see the progress in your shots. You give me hope
So many wonderful captures Ted. Love how you progressed to the beautiful backgrounds and flowers.
I do hope we get to see some with the new bath. Fantastic set .

Birdie


Thank you very much Birdie



May 17, 2013 at 10:35 AM
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Dean M. wrote:
great long post...love the progression


Why thank you Dean



May 17, 2013 at 02:52 PM
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Yikes UT!!!! Where do I start

Lets just say this set is stupendous. Yup that covers it

Tim



May 17, 2013 at 04:37 PM
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Fantastic chronicle Tim. All worthy of National Geographic
Saba



May 17, 2013 at 05:03 PM
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These were all quite wonderful. HB in flight is on my short list of shots I must take. BTW, #7 is the first one with a tongue out (at least that we can see in this series).


May 17, 2013 at 05:19 PM
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jfwoodman wrote:
Show-off!

A sweet retrospective of your amazing Hummingbird work, Ted. What a treat - you have the makings for a fine coffee table book. Bravo!!

Jim



The book is in the works Jim. Thanks for the kind words.

Ted



May 17, 2013 at 06:03 PM
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Super set of hummingbirds, Ted. I love all your shots with different angles and background.

- Tam



May 17, 2013 at 06:17 PM
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Lovely set UT, it looks like a good season is up ahead for you.


May 17, 2013 at 07:34 PM
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Lil Judd wrote:
Beautiful set Ted

I got lost in them all so I can't pick

Lil



Many thanks Lil!



May 17, 2013 at 08:40 PM
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You Hummer guys and gals kill me! I need to find a place that has activity and give these little jewels a spin

Lots to like here Ted my friend, some tight shots, lots of details and some wonderful poses and colors.
I am picking up on a heavy end of the shadow/dark end of the scale on a lot of these, seems to me you could open the darks up more than you are doing but you may be comfortable and like the style you are presenting them and I understand that.
You made a comment on another FM'rs post about eye dropper for shadow, maybe there are areas that you do this on that take it 'deeper/darker' than it needs to be?? I guess I am saying I think in a friendly way you are leaving some detail and color range on the table to bring out yet that the more contrasty images can take away if that makes sense. And I don't mean to 'wash out the darks' either

OK buddy, thanks for letting me nit away..............I probably shouldn't since I don't have a single hummer to offer up for you to return the favor but when I do I sure have it coming
By the way, a salute to the Patriotic Hummer, that is sweet!

Karl


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May 17, 2013 at 08:53 PM
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The best of the bunch are the last ones, in particular 17, 18 and 19.
You have gone a long way with these little birds, my friend. All the merits to you and your dedication to this hummer project
It has been a pleasure looking at your progress
Socrate



May 17, 2013 at 09:03 PM
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Karl Witt wrote:
You Hummer guys and gals kill me! I need to find a place that has activity and give these little jewels a spin

Lots to like here Ted my friend, some tight shots, lots of details and some wonderful poses and colors.
I am picking up on a heavy end of the shadow/dark end of the scale on a lot of these, seems to me you could open the darks up more than you are doing but you may be comfortable and like the style you are presenting them and I understand that.
You made a comment on another FM'rs post about
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Karl:

On a dark shot/heavy shadows, the last thing I want to do is make it darker Karl. I frequently selectively lighten in this case. When you lighten as you know, you get noise. So, there has to be a balance between what is and what we hope an image could be.

By no means do I take offense to your suggestions. We all have styles and by no means am I fixed into an absolute style of presentation. I would think my thread documented that.

I am always honored when you reply to one of my threads Karl.

Thanks for the reply.

Ted



May 17, 2013 at 09:10 PM
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Ted ellis wrote:
Karl:

On a dark shot/heavy shadows, the last thing I want to do is make it darker Karl. I frequently selectively lighten in this case. When you lighten as you know, you get noise. So, there has to be a balance between what is and what we hope an image could be.

By no means do I take offense to your suggestions. We all have styles and by no means am I fixed into an absolute style of presentation. I would think my thread documented that.

I am always honored when you reply to one of my threads Karl.

Thanks for
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The noise may be dictated by the initial exposure and ISO. I wasn't sure how you determined your 'scaling' of light to dark and felt you might occasionally be pushing darker by your method
Just sharing my observation and studying and learning your hummer work more closely Thanks my friend for the kind reply.............
Karl



May 17, 2013 at 09:15 PM
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Stunning pictures, very very nice!


May 17, 2013 at 10:43 PM
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Wonderful shots Ted. I'd be really chuffed with just one of these (any one ) in my collection. Thanks for sharing.
David



May 18, 2013 at 05:34 AM
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I'm tired just looking so much work ... Great series Ted


May 18, 2013 at 07:34 AM
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KCollett wrote:
You have posted more images here than I have in my whole hummer collection! Good looking set Ted.





Honored Ken!

Ted



May 18, 2013 at 02:05 PM
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#17 takes the cake for me, Ted.
But it's a tough choice because you've got a bunch of winners here.
Nice to see the progression, also.
Charlie



May 18, 2013 at 05:33 PM
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eyelaser wrote:
Remarkable series Ted...nice through the years progression. 2013 looks like its off to a great start. We have yet to have many around but will never have the concentration you get.
Eric



Good luck Eric and thanks!



May 19, 2013 at 07:48 AM
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Bubble wrote:
beautiful capture Ted. A nice progress in your "hardware" improvement also. 30D--> 1d mk4.



Thanks...you noticed.

Ted



May 19, 2013 at 08:47 AM
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