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Sipping Nature's Nectar
Sipping Nature's Nectar
shadowdoc31


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bokeh IX (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Location: My House / Flower garden
Date: Sep 29, 2015
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/1000s
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2015

Just a photo of a hummingbird feeding; used a long FL (400 mm)and relatively wide aperture to frame the subject/flower with a nice background Bokeh.

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Place: 30 out of 76
Avg (all users): 5.8554
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.8333
Avg (non-participants): 5.8723
Views since voting: 352
Views during voting: 166
Votes: 83
Comments: 7
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10/23/2015 11:24:33 AM
Hello from the Critique Club

An appealing image that is deemed to meet the challenge

My own perception of bokeh has always been much more clearly identified with specular highlights as opposed to soft or OOF areas which is where I would place your entry. The challenge brief would also seem to veer more towards the soft focus rendering than my own interpretation so feel free to ignore my comments.

This is a competent image of a feeding humming bird, the focus is good and the composition is good too, the soft focus background is devoid of detail and therefore unobtrusive and serves as a plain background against which the bird shows up well. The body and head are sharply captured and the blur in the bird's wings is very appealing. The exposure is good there is detail throughout but for me there is no bokeh at all.

Thanks for your submission, Sid
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/06/2015 10:34:09 AM
Great movement
10/05/2015 03:49:24 PM
Really nice capture, but I don't think you have an efficient bokeh.
10/04/2015 08:32:52 PM
Lovely image, don't see any bokah, just shallow depth of field
10/04/2015 07:53:50 PM
Wow. Great image.
10/04/2015 12:54:52 PM
Great capture
09/30/2015 06:23:56 AM
Awesome capture of such an elusive creature!
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