I've been shooting a lot of hummers from my porch, I have anywhere from three to 10 that are hanging around. I like to get the wings with some motion so using slower shutter speeds. I'm also trying for different or unique poses in flight, the Z8 actually makes it too easy! My goal is always to get the shot when the bird is not touching the feeder as I take the feeder out. I love processing and I always think of digital photography as magic to some degree. In this shot, where I liked the in-flight pose, the hummer was a bit too close to the feeder and covered by it so the wing had to be fixed after the feeder was removed, also the coloring needed to be softened to better match in tone. Topaz took care of the noise, LrC took care of the processing and PS took care of the feeder and allowed me to recreate the wing. LrC and PS make things so easy to do and help to create the "magic." Does anyone else love the magic we can do today with digital photography and software?
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