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Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Sammie


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Penitente Canyon near Del Norte, Colorado
Date: Aug 20, 2006
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2006

 Editing: Crop; adjustment layers for levels, curves, hue/sat & contrast; flatten; use lasso to select bird - then inverse - then do noise reduction using helicon noise filter on background only; clone some bark onto a little bare spot on the branch that stood out; resize; smart sharpen; use sharpen tool on bird set to normal; use sharpen tool on eye set to luminosity; use burn tool on beak, then sharpen tool; use burn tool on neck feathers and a bit on head feathers; clone out a bright white spot on the wing; save for web.

This little hummingbird kept dive bombing me when we went to take pictures of climbers at Penitene Canyon for the rope challenge. It was a bold little thing and seemed quite perturbed with me. It finally landed, giving me a dirty look, and I got some pictures of it being still. You can see that it looks cranky!

Statistics
Place: 289 out of 684
Avg (all users): 5.7177
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.6410
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 845
Views during voting: 333
Votes: 248
Comments: 11
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 09/08/2006 05:16:01 AM
Sammie, Perfect cropping and shot. Another great shot. Van
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 05:51:15 PM
Check this guy out! Awesome picture! 10
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 09/07/2006 08:48:50 AM
I love this shot. I like the diagonal line created by the branch and the way it leads the viewer to the well placed subject. Color is good. It seems like the bird is on the edge of sharpness for the aperture you've selected here. Look at the branch - it's sharp in front of the birds feet, yet a little fuzzy to the right of the birds head. Not terrible mind you, just seems like the birds head could be a little sharper. Of course, it could be my glasses need cleaning or something. ;^) Best of luck to you in the challenge.
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 09/05/2006 07:11:12 PM
pretty bird..love the leading lines from the branch! 9
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 09/05/2006 04:44:53 AM
These are difficult birds to catch sitting still (been there).
This little one seems to have a certain attitude about it sitting there.
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 09/04/2006 05:51:10 AM
very sharp. great colors as well. 9
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 09/03/2006 06:33:48 AM
Superbly isolated.
8.
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 09/02/2006 02:10:15 AM
Nice to see this little guy at rest, so many images we've seen around artificial feeders...so natural and sweet..
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 09/02/2006 02:08:30 AM
Nice shot. Very nice DOF on this one.
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 09/01/2006 07:26:35 PM
Nice bird shot. Great composition.
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 09/01/2006 05:18:48 PM
OMG the cuteness is painful! Hee...
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