chiron wrote:
Apart from the lovely composition and content, the rendering of color and light is gorgeous. The image looks illuminated.
Do you use more than Lightroom?
Thank you, Peter!
A little bit of the capturing part first. That image was created using a multiple flash setup. If you look at the exif, the shutter speed was 1/160sec. Had only available light was used, the wings would have been significantly more blurred. For all I know, maybe the body of the hummingbird would also be somewhat blurred since it kept on moving. The idea here is to freeze the motion of the wings using the very short burst of flash units. The camera was set on the manual exposure that would typically create a severe underexposure since the aperture was set at f/10. The hummingbird and the flowers were illuminated by multiple flash units. Hence the brilliance of the hummingbird; plus the extremely short burst of the flash units also added to the apparent increased sharpness. Have you seen some images of a speeding bullet that shattered a glass? It was created in a similar fashion.
But to answer your question, yes, I used more than just Lightroom but that's not the main cause of the effect, which is actually built-in into the file in the field. Hope this helps.
A little bit of the capturing part first. That image was created using a multiple flash setup. If you look at the exif, the shutter speed was 1/160sec. Had only available light was used, the wings would have been significantly more blurred. For all I know, maybe the body of the hummingbird would also be somewhat blurred since it kept on moving. The idea here is to freeze the motion of the wings using the very short burst of flash units. The camera was set on the manual exposure that would typically create a severe underexposure since the aperture was set at f/10. The hummingbird and the flowers were illuminated by multiple flash units. Hence the brilliance of the hummingbird; plus the extremely short burst of the flash units also added to the apparent increased sharpness. Have you seen some images of a speeding bullet that shattered a glass? It was created in a similar fashion.
But to answer your question, yes, I used more than just Lightroom but that's not the main cause of the effect, which is actually built-in into the file in the field. Hope this helps. ...Show more →
Very helpful and interesting explanation, for me and I'm sure for others. Thank you!
Rufous have just started to arrive from Mexico. They've already done battle with the wintering Anna's and seem to have taken over the yard as of today. Still waiting for some better shots of the male that wasn't around this afternoon.
mark1958 wrote:
Some really great images here.. I have debated pulling the trigger on this lens.. Unfortunately now-- seems to be out of stock everywhere
Mark, just FYI, there is one offered for sale on the B&S forum. I don't know the seller nor his reputation. I am just pointing it out to you...
From this morning...they closed down the road and all parking so there was literally no one at the entire lagoon for the first half hour until a few random walkers and runners went by....never heard it so peaceful there....
arbitrage wrote:
From this morning...they closed down the road and all parking so there was literally no one at the entire lagoon for the first half hour until a few random walkers and runners went by....never heard it so peaceful there....
And you did put that lens to good use, creating wonderful images, Geoff!
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I could read the tag of this male peregrine falcon and I did some research. He was hatched in Oregon in 2013. So, he is 7 years old but I am not sure whether he was relocated or he actually migrated to Southern California. He was reported to be at this location in 2017.
