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Phosphorescent Green of Spring
Phosphorescent Green of Spring
jbsmithana


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study VIII (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tamron SP AF 200-500mm f/5-6.3 Di LD IF for Nikon
Location: Home - Anacortes, Washington
Date: Apr 9, 2005
Aperture: F10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 10, 2005

 Shot on my deck using tripod mounted Tamron SP AF 200-500mm F5-6.3 Di LD (IF) lens and camera mounted Speedlight SB-800 flash.

RAW Conversion using Raw Shooter Essentials set at auto white balance and auto exposure, noise suppression and sharpness set at 10. In MS Digital Image Pro crop; slight boost of red, green blue curves; clone out small amount of fuzz from beak, noise reduction at 10, resize, USM set at 70%. .3, 1

Original date/time: 2005:04:09 13:41:03
Exposure time: 1/500
F-stop: 10.0
ISO speed: 200
Focal length: 410.0000
Focal length (35mm): 615
Flash: Fired
Exposure mode: Auto
White balance: Auto
Exposure bias: -0.3333
Metering mode: Pattern
Exposure program: Aperture priority

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 507
Avg (all users): 6.5826
Avg (commenters): 7.5385
Avg (participants): 6.5842
Avg (non-participants): 6.5769
Views since voting: 4885
Views during voting: 335
Votes: 242
Comments: 32
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 06/20/2005 08:54:42 AM
What a capture!! Nicely done with superb coloration.
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 04/26/2005 07:39:22 AM
Hey J.B. those humming birds are comming soon here and I look forward to taking sime cool shots! :-) This is a great one!
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 04/26/2005 12:11:46 AM
Thanks for all the comments and nice things you had to say. Spent about 2 hours standing about 10 feet from the feeder on my deck and took about 20 shots to get this. The sun angle just was not right for me to get him from the front with his red throat without having my house in the background instead of the beautiful blus sky that day. Thanks again to all.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2005 11:49:09 PM
I'm bumpin' you up a notch just for catchin' a flying hummingbird!
TC
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 04/25/2005 08:20:59 PM
Very good capture! 8
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 04/25/2005 08:02:34 PM
This would make a good shot for a bird publication. Nice capture!
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 04/25/2005 03:03:21 PM
What a marvellous capture. The beak, perhaps, looks a little soft, but that's a minor thing.
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 04/25/2005 01:53:22 PM
Nice sharpness. Very well done.
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 04/25/2005 01:15:41 PM
Amazing catch. These fellows are close to imposible to photograph. You got him perfectly. Bravo.
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 04/24/2005 10:15:50 PM
awesome. great crop
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 04/24/2005 02:38:13 PM
love the wings moving effect
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 04/24/2005 01:23:25 PM
I've spent a couple of afternoons recently trying to get a shot like this, but my camera's too slow : (
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 04/24/2005 01:22:25 PM
I never can get close enough for a shot like this. Maybe a little more head on would be better.
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 04/24/2005 04:26:23 AM
Love the irridescent green.
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 04/23/2005 06:40:08 PM
Wow, I bet this was a fun shot to take... What shutter speed was this? Nicely done though. I really like the detail you got on such a hard subject.
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 04/23/2005 05:53:53 PM
wonderful, beatufil, one of my fav's in this challenge...would love to know what lens used to capture this...10
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 04/23/2005 07:39:43 AM
Flash seems a bit harsh, and shame you just cropped a bit of the wing off.
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 04/22/2005 10:32:23 AM
are you telling me this is the best you could do to stop it's wings?!? just kidding! this is an excellent capture, and i hope it does well for you. good luck!
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 04/21/2005 09:09:03 PM
Great capture. One of the best I've seen of a hummingbird.
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 04/21/2005 04:54:55 PM
A real beauty.
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 04/21/2005 03:37:53 AM
nice catch! 9
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 04/19/2005 10:48:38 PM
very good..............beautiful
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 04/19/2005 09:13:19 PM
nice
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 04/19/2005 08:59:02 PM
Beautiful job capturing this very fast moving bird.
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 04/19/2005 06:45:51 PM
stunning shot. excellent to capture him against the sky! In other words, "wow".
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 04/19/2005 06:04:47 PM
Wow...
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 04/19/2005 05:37:15 PM
AMAZING hummingbird capture!
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 04/19/2005 04:20:17 PM
Wow what a shot !!
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 04/19/2005 03:23:01 PM
Nice capture. I love hummers they are so small and so fast. Great job. 8
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 04/19/2005 07:31:07 AM
Wonderful Rufous
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 04/19/2005 01:35:17 AM
quick fetch the camera!
Too late bugger.
Thats me , how u get this shot its great. 10
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 04/19/2005 12:10:12 AM
Perfect camera settings for this execellent capture!! 10
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