p.1 #1 · Close encounters with the female rufous hummingbird
These shots were taken almost at the lens' MFD. But it was not an ideal situation because there were a lot of haze from the wildfires that morning, so I had to shoot at a high ISO. Most of the pics I had to do a lot of noise reduction, and also some selective sharpening.
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#5 This is a shot where I tried to shoot at ISO 800 and the photo was very dark, so I had to do some additional pp to recover this photo.
p.1 #15 · Close encounters with the female rufous hummingbird
birdied wrote:
Beautiful series !! 3 and 4 are outstanding
Birdie
Thanks Birdie, appreciate the kind words
Andrew_T wrote:
Great shots. #4 is definitely my favorite here.
-Andrew
Thanks Andrew.
LuckyStrike wrote:
You did very well... terrific photos.... Hummingbirds have got to be my favourite!!!
4 and 5 are my picks!
Lucky
Thanks for the kind words Lucky.
dorian wrote:
shots look great even with the high iso. #1 is my favorite of the set. nice work!
dorian
Thanks Dorian.
surfnron wrote:
Very nice with the last being my pick ~ Ron
Thank you Ron.
Tim Kuhn wrote:
Nicely done Jodelak
Tim
Thanks Tim.
Imagemaster wrote:
They look pretty good to me. No idea why the haze would be a problem.
Tony
Thanks Tony, most of the best HB images I've seen are from your postings
I was really hoping to shoot at most at ISO 800 and keep my shutter speed to at least 1/1600 but the haze prevented the sunlight so I was forced to use high ISO (1600~3200), or a slower shutter speed.
KCollett wrote:
Beautiful. That first one sure is plump.
Thanks, they are about to go to a thousand miles journey so she is sure getting all the energy she can get
