Humming Bird Photo - Case Study
As part of our ‘How I Took it’ Assignment NaturesPixel submitted this photo and told us how it was taken.
Where Was it Taken?
Taken in my back yard after about 3 weeks of getting the hummers used to me being soo close to their feeder
What settings did you use?
195mm, f5,1/1000
What gear did you use?
Nikon D50 DSLR, Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO Macro
What post production work have you done on the shot (if any)?
Cropped and slight sharpening in PS
What were you hoping to achieve with the shot?
The satitisfation of getting a hummer in flight shot…lol
What did you do well?
i think i did well getting this shot considering i had only had my camera for 3 weeks and knew nothing abt the photography but point and shoot
How could you have improved it?
next spring im gonna get her approching a flower.. i hope,,,lol
Feel free to add your comments, constructive suggestions and encouragement below and add your own pictures to the How I took it Assignment.
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Great shot ! I like it …
But what I am more interested in right now is how the Watermark (in the center of the Picture) was done !
Its just perfect, so unobtrusive !
I would like to learn how to make one of my own just exactly this way !
Thanks in advance !
Mike, I think I can help here. The easiest way to do this is make a custom PS brush witht he watermark on it then adjust the transparency of the layer containing the watermark.
Lovely, thought such oics were taken only by pros. Great work, can see the bird flying out of my PC.
beautiful picture
well centered
background not disturbing
i love this picture
A slightly slower shutter for a bit of blur to the wings would, I feel, give a feeling of motion to the already excellent picture.
This one is more difficult than catching it sucking or reaching a flower. More kudos for this photograph than from a photgraph of humming bird reaching a flower.
JUST WOW!!! i am really honoured that you thought my photo was good enough to be placed on your web site Darren :)
@ Mike … yes this is a brush.. i typed out my name knocked out the layer in layer styles.. added a drop shadow, and lowered the opacity of the layer.. and saved it…as a brush.. now all i do is stamp stamp stamp…lol… i normally don’t have to lower opacity after i stamp depending on the image…
@ everyone else thanks so much for the confidence boost greatly appreciated :)
*big grin*
REALLY NEXT TO PERFECT..
I love your photo. What caught my eye was the lens you used. I just bought one myself but haven’t had an opportunity to use it like you. I feel much better with my purchase (also affordable) now that I see your hummingbird.
Thanks rivetgeek, Thanks Leisa !
I did not think of it that easy ;)
I will try it out …
Thanks a lot !
And really a great Picture ! Admirable ! Keep it up !
Great shot! I can’t begin to imagine how difficult a shot like this is. They move so damn quick!
You say you are a beginner? This shot is as good as any pro can provide. Well done. Keep it up.
Well, after spending 12 hours standing in a fuchsia dell trying to get a similar shot, I got no where as good a photo as you did.
I did get them feeding from the fuchsias, but after seeing your pic, mine are terrible.
Back to the dell!
Where is all the info on this bird huh.