2 Beautiful Hummingbirds from Colombia

Just home from a fantastic trip to Colombia. Here are a few of the many beautiful hummingbirds me and my workshop group photographed...

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Rainbow-bearded Thornbill

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Buffy Helmetcrest

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Buffy Helmetcrest

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Buffy Helmetcrest
 

AlanF

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JPAZ said:
Very well done! Congrats!

We are so accustomed to the blurry winged shots with lots of effort to get that hovering pose that we forget how lovely these creatures are at rest. I also am wondering what the exposure and lens and PP information is?

JPAZ

Do you think he will look in and answer our question?
 
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Hi Alan.
It is very frustrating not getting replies, sometimes it seems that the posts are purely promotional material but there have been responses in the past, usually with an apology for being busy?

I found the best way not to get frustrated is DIY, Glenn doesn't strip the exif so I save the image and then use Jeffrey Friedl's Image Metadata Viewer at http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi

Exif for the last image is
Artist: www.glennbartley.com
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Exposure: Auto exposure, Aperture-priority AE, 1/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400

Cheers, Graham.

AlanF said:
JPAZ said:
Very well done! Congrats!

We are so accustomed to the blurry winged shots with lots of effort to get that hovering pose that we forget how lovely these creatures are at rest. I also am wondering what the exposure and lens and PP information is?

JPAZ

Do you think he will look in and answer our question?
 
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AlanF

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Valvebounce said:
Hi Alan.
It is very frustrating not getting replies, sometimes it seems that the posts are purely promotional material but there have been responses in the past, usually with an apology for being busy?

I found the best way not to get frustrated is DIY, Glenn doesn't strip the exif so I save the image and then use Jeffrey Friedl's Image Metadata Viewer at http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi

Exif for the last image is
Artist: www.glennbartley.com
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: EF600mm f/4L IS II USM
Exposure: Auto exposure, Aperture-priority AE, 1/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400

Cheers, Graham.

AlanF said:
JPAZ said:
Very well done! Congrats!

We are so accustomed to the blurry winged shots with lots of effort to get that hovering pose that we forget how lovely these creatures are at rest. I also am wondering what the exposure and lens and PP information is?

JPAZ

Do you think he will look in and answer our question?

Graham
I always download and then open in Apple Preview to read the exif, so I know all those data. But, they don't tell you the post-processing. I too get the feeling he posts just to advertise his PDF books and tours. We have dedicated threads for BIF and bird poertraits, which are good enough for the rest of us, but he always starts his own threads and never seems to come back.
 
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Valvebounce

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Hi Alan.
I think that is the point of Jeffrey's exif viewer, it gives you all sorts of info, sorry for making a huge post but..... how else to show it? :)


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I think it is all in there somewhere.

Cheers, Graham.

AlanF said:
Valvebounce said:
Hi Alan.
It is very frustrating not getting replies, sometimes it seems that the posts are purely promotional material but there have been responses in the past, usually with an apology for being busy?

I found the best way not to get frustrated is DIY, Glenn doesn't strip the exif so I save the image and then use Jeffrey Friedl's Image Metadata Viewer at http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi

Exif for the last image is
Artist: www.glennbartley.com
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: EF600mm f/4L IS II USM
Exposure: Auto exposure, Aperture-priority AE, 1/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400

Cheers, Graham.


Graham
I always download and then open in Apple Preview to read the exif, so I know all those data. But, they don't tell you the post-processing. I too get the feeling he posts just to advertise his PDF books and tours. We have dedicated threads for BIF and bird poertraits, which are good enough for the rest of us, but he always starts his own threads and never seems to come back.
 
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AlanF

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Glenn Bartley said:
AlanF said:
What post-processing did you do? Do you boost vibrance, colour and contrast?

Nothing special here. I use my standard workflow that I discuss in my Post Processing Ebook - http://www.glennbartley.com/PostProcessingEbook.html

Cheers!

Does that mean we have to buy it to find out?
 
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AlanF said:
Glenn Bartley said:
AlanF said:
What post-processing did you do? Do you boost vibrance, colour and contrast?

Nothing special here. I use my standard workflow that I discuss in my Post Processing Ebook - http://www.glennbartley.com/PostProcessingEbook.html

Cheers!

Does that mean we have to buy it to find out?

Yep, which means the suspicion of Mr Bartley's presence on the forum as just a means of self promotion is correct, which I hope is judged to break forum rules and his posts removed.

Edit: No, he is a personal friend of Craig, the site owner, so he can do what he likes.
 
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