Feeding close-up
Fluffing
Can’t a Lady have any privacy around here?
Critique Style Requested: Standard
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Description
The nearest wildlife refuge usually has a hummingbird or two that nest close enough to the trails that some sharp-eyed individual (not me) spots them and they become the center of probably too much attention. This year there are two, but they are far enough from the trail that the people gawking at them aren’t really much of an issue. This one is 15-20 feet from the closest possible approach (hanging from a thin branch about 10 feet over water). A fellow camera club member took me out yesterday morning as soon as the gate opened and we were the only ones there, though when I left at 8:30, there were a fair number of people in the parking lot.
Specific Feedback
Since these were taken over a two hour period, starting when the sun first gave us a ray of light between many, many trees, I made no match white balance or exposure between images. Is that a problem? All other comments are welcome and appreciated.
Technical Details
All images taken with Sony A1, FE 200-600 + 1.4 TC, monopod with Wimberley Sidekick head, f/9. Iso started at 12,800 and got all the way down to 4,000 by the time I left. Shutter speeds varied from 1/500, to 1/125th (thank the developers of image stabilization and noise reduction!). All images preprocessed with DxO PureRaw 5, with basic WB and overall exposure in LR and cropping and detailed adjustments in PS.
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