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GrandNagus50

GrandNagus50

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A fully adult male Anna's hummingbird has appropriated the feeder we hang outside a kitchen window. His perch of choice is a branch atop a feijoa (pineapple guava) bush. I can photograph him through the window, which has the advantage of letting me work reasonably close to him and also keeping me warm and dry :). I have made him a bit of a project, trying different lenses out, using teleconverters, etc. From this spot I cannot get full light on his gorget; I think I will have to try an upstairs window. But this photo gets a lot of the brilliance. I have been surprised, a little, that the best photo so far is this one taken with a Nikon Z7, FTZ adapter, Sigma Sports 150-600mm zoom, and Sigma 1.4x TC. 840mm f10, 1/800, ISO 3200. processed with DxO PureRaw and Photoshop.
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GrandNagus50 said:
A fully adult male Anna's hummingbird has appropriated the feeder we hang outside a kitchen window. His perch of choice is a branch atop a feijoa (pineapple guava) bush. I can photograph him through the window, which has the advantage of letting me work reasonably close to him and also keeping me warm and dry :). I have made him a bit of a project, trying different lenses out, using teleconverters, etc. From this spot I cannot get full light on his gorget; I think I will have to try an upstairs window. But this photo gets a lot of the brilliance. I have been surprised, a little, that the best photo so far is this one taken with a Nikon Z7, FTZ adapter, Sigma Sports 150-600mm zoom, and Sigma 1.4x TC. 840mm f10, 1/800, ISO 3200. processed with DxO PureRaw and Photoshop.View attachment 29477
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Beautiful capture. đź‘Ťđź‘Ťđź‘Ť
 
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GrandNagus50 said:
A fully adult male Anna's hummingbird has appropriated the feeder we hang outside a kitchen window. His perch of choice is a branch atop a feijoa (pineapple guava) bush. I can photograph him through the window, which has the advantage of letting me work reasonably close to him and also keeping me warm and dry :). I have made him a bit of a project, trying different lenses out, using teleconverters, etc. From this spot I cannot get full light on his gorget; I think I will have to try an upstairs window. But this photo gets a lot of the brilliance. I have been surprised, a little, that the best photo so far is this one taken with a Nikon Z7, FTZ adapter, Sigma Sports 150-600mm zoom, and Sigma 1.4x TC. 840mm f10, 1/800, ISO 3200. processed with DxO PureRaw and Photoshop.View attachment 29477
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Superb love the bird and the bokeh. Beautiful.
 
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LOve those closeup hummingbird shots. Pretty clear shot thru window. Only upsetting thing about this picture is that when my wife sees it, she will make me clean the windows! I have a water fountain in front yard allows me to get a few hummingbirds close up. It is great to see detail in feathers when you can get close in. Nice shot. I will need to reposition my feeder to a clean window now.
 
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I don't totally understand why photographing through this particular window works well. In my effort to get good lighting on the gorget I tried setting up in our converted attic, where there are also windows. None of the photos came out sharp, and I am sure it was because THAT window created distortion. It was clean.
 
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GrandNagus50 said:
I don't totally understand why photographing through this particular window works well. In my effort to get good lighting on the gorget I tried setting up in our converted attic, where there are also windows. None of the photos came out sharp, and I am sure it was because THAT window created distortion. It was clean.
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Tempered glass has sort of a wave in it. Glass on doors, on stairwells and within 18 inches of floor by code are tempered at least here in CA.
 
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