Captured two hummingbirds

JulieLawsonPhotographyJulieLawsonPhotography Registered Users Posts: 787 Major grins
edited August 18, 2008 in Wildlife
I sat down under my hummingbird feeder today and was able to capture two hummingbirds. I am fairly pleased with how they came out.

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two in mid-flight
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    Nice shots. thumb.gif

    Crop the feeder out of 4, 5, and 6 and take the contrast/sharpening radius down a tad (imo).
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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    Cool shots thumb.gif
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    Looks like a female ruby throated. That last shot is especially nice. I agree with Dan on the contrast and either cropping out or cloning out the feeder. Nice work. Hope you post more.
    Stephen
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  • JulieLawsonPhotographyJulieLawsonPhotography Registered Users Posts: 787 Major grins
    edited August 17, 2008
    Maestro wrote:
    Looks like a female ruby throated. That last shot is especially nice. I agree with Dan on the contrast and either cropping out or cloning out the feeder. Nice work. Hope you post more.

    Thanks for the comments. :D

    To Dan and Maestro, I did crop really close as I really wanted to show the detail. I cropped to a 4x6 and did a basic color boost and unsharp mask. I didn't set the sharp too high either. I did notice the photo looked a little off. I'll play around again and see what I can do with these. Hummingbirds were my mom's favorites, so I just love to photograph these little beauties.:D
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited August 17, 2008
    JulieLawsonPhotography wrote:
    Thanks for the comments. :D

    To Dan and Maestro, I did crop really close as I really wanted to show the detail. I cropped to a 4x6 and did a basic color boost and unsharp mask. I didn't set the sharp too high either. I did notice the photo looked a little off. I'll play around again and see what I can do with these. Hummingbirds were my mom's favorites, so I just love to photograph these little beauties.:D

    They are some of my favorites too. I am not sure where you are located but ruby throated hummingbirds are on the move already. You should see quite a bit of activity.
    Stephen
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  • summerzsummerz Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited August 17, 2008
    Very very nice.iloveyou.gifthumb.gif
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2008
    JulieLawsonPhotography wrote:
    Thanks for the comments. :D

    To Dan and Maestro, I did crop really close as I really wanted to show the detail. I cropped to a 4x6 and did a basic color boost and unsharp mask. I didn't set the sharp too high either. I did notice the photo looked a little off. I'll play around again and see what I can do with these. Hummingbirds were my mom's favorites, so I just love to photograph these little beauties.:D

    Nice captures, I wouldn't crop these any further. You might try cloning out the feeder though. #4 and #6 are my faves in the batch.
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