robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I was fooling around, trying my Tamron 180 macro with the 1.4x and 2.0x Kenko Pro 300 extenders on my 80D. I used to use the 180 + 1.4x on my 7DII a lot for hummers in the yard. Sit in a lawn chair 6-8 feet from the feeder and wait for them to start ignoring me and come back. I did this a little with my 6D also. I found the combo was quite good, but the 2x was very soft with those two bodies. So I am trying it with my new bodies, today was the 80D's turn. In the next few days I will try with the 5DIV.

80D, Tamron 180 macro + 1.4x = 403 mm AOV, 1/400 @ f/7.1 ISO 400 no flash-late afternoon light-hand held @ about 15 feet

I noticed that the rather poor image in #3 upon enlargement had a bit of the feel of an Oriental Water Color when I increased the exposure so between LR & PS I tweaked exposure, contrast, color, tones and clarity. A bit of sharpening and noise reduction with a very heavy crop.
The result was image #1. #2 is the softened version. OOC is #3

DREAMY HUMMER

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Softened Version

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Rather poor quality OOC

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artBob Loc: Near Chicago

#2 seems to catch the essence of the ephemeral bird because the colors are so unsaturated. Good stuff!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

That is the one that fits that Oriental Water Color look more closely. But I like the more saturated one also. I am thinking either one of the Artistic Matter papers or Matte Canvas for a print.