The heron and swallow are from the yak, I had to squeeze them in somewhere
The hummerz are all shot with my new favorite hummer lens, the 500 mk2. When I bought this lens many months ago I had it in mind that it would make one of, if not the, best lens for hummingbirds. Combine the light weight, minimal focus distance and hence magnification and how sharp it is edge to edge and you can't go wrong. Here is a short batch from this morning.
#1 Not sure here buddy, cheek and beak seem a bit 'washed' of color and detail?
#2 a dandy in some hard light to make them 'dandy' in
#3 colorful and wonderful........a beauty with those colors
#4 sweet one Tim! Maybe nip that yellow in lower right corner out?
#5 nice wing freeze, nice detail and coloring. Maybe a little cleanup below along bottom edge?
So you gave me '1 BS' and I gave you '3' nits..............I guess that will come back to me soon
I have not yet handled the 500 VII but I have begun a want for it............in the used market of course
You had a good day, nice and I am looking forward to that Lucifer plant with Hummerz !
Karl
Beautiful set, Tim. You gave me a hard time to pick my favorite. I love them all. I agree that it is nice to shoot with 500 II. But I believe you can do this great work with any gear easily.
Bet Greenie Town is hoppin about now sweet backside view with that lush plumage! Love the color that new sensor produces
2 is a stunner in that light bro
On one hand it's dissapointing there are so few Hummer friendly plants in the garden this year, on the other hand it sure cuts down on the running 3 beauties Tim, super motion conveyed in each and a great perspective on the little pudgy in #4
Wonderful set (as usual), Tim. My favorite is the GH...there's something about the interplay of lines (beak, branch, back) and background that seems both intriguing and appealing. I guess Karl's concern could be addressed by fiddling a bit more in post, but only if the DOF extends from the plane of the perch to the plane of the beak (I think it does but I can't quite tell for sure).
Was wondering what you might have put up for that. NEVER MIND!
