I have my eye on you, mister macro lens....
Spectacular! I think it's your best one yet.
Retired CPO wrote:
Spectacular! I think it's your best one yet.
Thank you. The strange thing is this was taken with a fairly inexpensive lens, the Sony 100mm f/2.8 macro lens. It was one of the first lenses I bought years ago when I first went digital. The camera was only about three feet from the bird.
For reasons I don't understand, this lens does not pass on the camera to subject distance data to DxO optics pro. It has enough electrical contacts for that but does not do it?
Davethehiker wrote:
Thank you. The strange thing is this was taken with a fairly inexpensive lens, the Sony 100mm f/2.8 macro lens. It was one of the first lenses I bought years ago when I first went digital. The camera was only about three feet from the bird.
For reasons I don't understand, this lens does not pass on the camera to subject distance data to DxO optics pro. It has enough electrical contacts for that but does not do it?
I have a Tokina macro and it doesn't register distance to subject data either.
Hi Dave,
when i saw this image, I thought - well, probably another nice hummingbird picture from David?
But I clicked on the "download" anyway and thought: Surprise, it is looking better!
So, I click again, and thought: This is a real good action photograph we have in here!
The almost sharp flowering bush is distracting attention - from the bird.
However, when you enlarge the image, the bird (the point of interest) becomes more visible or more
recognizable and the bush is less sharp.
After this very important cropping, you'll get the point across much better.
The quality of your image will easily allow this much of cropping.
Let me know, if you agree?
Thank you for showing your improvements with the tools - reflected in your splendid results!
Cheers!
You did it again, Dave! I have never seen such detail in pic of a hummer in flight. Well done.
Ed
Paul J. Svetlik wrote:
Hi Dave,
when i saw this image, I thought - well, probably another nice hummingbird picture from David?
But I clicked on the "download" anyway and thought: Surprise, it is looking better!
So, I click again, and thought: This is a real good action photograph we have in here!
The almost sharp flowering bush is distracting attention - from the bird.
However, when you enlarge the image, the bird (the point of interest) becomes more visible or more
recognizable and the bush is less sharp.
After this very important cropping, you'll get the point across much better.
The quality of your image will easily allow this much of cropping.
Let me know, if you agree?
Thank you for showing your improvements with the tools - reflected in your splendid results!
Cheers!
Hi Dave, br when i saw this image, I thought - wel... (
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I think the difference (improvement) you are seeing is because of the lens I used that day and my distance from the bird. I have control of the distance between the bird and the background and the camera. I try to keep the background slightly out of focus. The camera was closer to the bird than I normally have been.
I'm now experimenting with placing another light just behind and above the camera. I hope this light will bring out more feather detail and cause florescence colors.
I had bad day yesterday. I was making a lot of mistakes and the birds were not cooperating.
It's too hot now, maybe tomorrow.
Stash
Loc: South Central Massachusetts
WOW! The download is outstanding.
OhD
Loc: West Richland, WA
Have you tried backlighting instead? I saw somewhere recently photos of hummingbirds backlit by the sun that were pretty spectacular.
OhD
Loc: West Richland, WA
OhD wrote:
Have you tried backlighting instead? I saw somewhere recently photos of hummingbirds backlit by the sun that were pretty spectacular.
The download of your photo is really spectacular!
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