Thanks Jan
Thanks Jan
Bob
Originally Posted by ddt0725
Thanks Denise----This has now become a real challenge for me. Like you I plan to build an HB haven in my back yard this winter----and my wife has a LOWES CREDIT Card---Yippeee [6]
Bob
Bob
Keep me posted ...I just may have to steal some of your ideas! My plans right now consist of planting every flower I can find that says "attracts hummingbirds" on the tag and extremely increasing my number of feeders. I planted a vine late spring of this year that is suppose to work really well to attract them ...the vine took off like crazy but did not produce one flower![] So for this year, I found butterfly bushes really do attract butterflies galore and sedums really attract the bees!!
Bob, your HB shots are definitely improved to a very high level[Y]
about this shot, I do think the earlier one was a just a little darker, however the later one seems a little too bright(the belly of the bird)IMO and the background has a bit noisy.
just my 2 cents.
Just returned Sunday from our vacation in NM.
The little time we spent at my cousin's house, I was only able to capture a Broad-tailed HB....missed the Rufous and didn't see a Black-chinned.
Sorry folks, w/all the discussion of flashes, I'm still working w/natural lighting.
Bob....as folks are saying; your shots have improved esponentially....nice work!
BTW...had a great time in your state and had the privelege of having it rain on us. LOL
Regards
Bill
I think the background is much better, although the noise is somewhat more visible. The bird is just a bit too bright for my liking. Somewhere in between would work best for me I think.
Photoshop is a place that I only visit if it's really necessary [A]
Another Broad-tail, only this time sipping at a Yucca.
7D, 100-400 at 400, f7.1, 1/2000, ISO 640 from approximately 13 feet.
Bill,
Glad you had a good time in NM, Did I miss the rain???? Dang it. If you witnessed rain here----It certainly was a priveledge. Loved your bird shots, It really reminds me that I need to incorporate flowers in mine. I keep trying the tricks on the videos, but when I replace the feeder with the flower, the birds seem to ignore it or they pull the flowers out looking for the feeder. Maybe I will try different flowers next time.--Also, You did good with the broad billed, I haven't recognized one of those, and I only live 20 miles from Albuquerque. Keep shooting and keep posting.
Bob
Bob
Bill,
I like the flowers being in the image but the birds look soft, I wonder if your autofocus had locked on to the flowers instead of the bird, the background is nice as well.
Bob & Sheiky,
I'm shocked you guys are using Lightroom exclusively, I have never used Lightroom, I do all my processing in Photoshop. I know it can do all the basic processing but I love using layers and masks, being able to blend in adjustment layers etc etc... I guess I'm going to have to investigate Lightroom some more but it's hard to find time for everything.
Joel
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JJ, Your tough. But again, I agree with you. I think the noise came from my efforts to sharpen in PS. I followed the instructions (I think), but I had a rough time figuring out how to convert and resize in PS. I did recognize this and tried to use the noise reduction filter but I was afraid it would soften the image too much, so I just gave it a little bump. I am not sure how to balance sharpness with noise reduction yet, something I need to study a little more.
One question for you: I am getting huge color differences between PS and Lightroom, Any suggestions???
Thanks,
Bob
Bob
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