Costa Hummingbird

Randy Dunn · Aug 16, 2018

Canon EOS 7D Mark II
TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022
ƒ/6.7
600mm
1/1000s
ISO 500
RANDY_DUNN
Flash not fired
Thu, 28 June 2018 3:18 PM
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.14 (Windows)

Image of a female Costa, shot in the White Mountains of Arizona (9200 ft). Is it ok to fill the frame with the bird or better to pull the lens back to get a bigger canvas?

Canon 7d Mii
Tamron SP 150-600 G2
shot @600MM
hand held
manual mode
1/1000 sec.
F6.7
iso 500
no flash, no crop
shot @ 3:18 pm
background was a grassy meadows

Tim Foltz · Aug 17, 2018

Hi Randy I personally would have a little bit more room around the bird especially in the front to show direction.
Your whites are ok but some of your blacks are a bit to solid, nice background and just enough wing blur to show motion.
Things to improve on would be a bit more shutter speed and sharpness, also I would remove the small second highlight on the lower part of the eye.

Thanks for sharing.

-Tim

Arthur Morris · Aug 21, 2018

Good stuff by Tim. For me, lots more room around the bird would be much better. The image does not appear to be accurately focused on the eye. Some flash would help with the solidly blocked up black but that would limit your shutter speed. In short, hummers with natural light are not easy.

with love, artie

Randy Dunn · Sep 6, 2018

Thanks Artie (if I may) and Tim for your suggestions. I will try and incorporate these suggestions in the next submission. I really do want to improve my skills.

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