Anna's Takeoff

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Description

I went out this morning early to look for some captures of the hummer activity at, or near our deck feeder and I got this “guard” taking off from his outpost to run off a perceived foe hummer.

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Cropping? Exposure? Anything?

Technical Details

Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/2500th, f 9.0, 1260mm, ISO 14400, cropped to 3656 x 2827

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Hi Dave, interesting take off shot with the wings out. I like the bird being on the end of the perch like this. Your aperture and shutter speed look alright to me but I’d expect the bird’s body to be sharper. Wondering if the softness is due to the size of the crop or the high ISO. Interesting catch.

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Hi Dave
Bravo on photographing this Hummingbird. The image is very clean, with ISO of 14,400 and around a 60% crop. Happy hunting.
Peter

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Hi Dave. I like Sandy’s quick edit. The major problem to me is that the focus appears to be on the tip of the perch and the forehead looks out of focus.

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I really like your new and improved version of my shot. It’s a fine tutorial on improving a capture. Thanks!