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Birds in ''flight mode"

Challenge #1 in the Animals series. Hosted by AlexandruValeanu.

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The theme is quite simple: birds flying. Please read the additional rules!

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Announced:

Tuesday, 21st August, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Tuesday, 28th August, 2012 – Monday, 3rd September, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Tuesday, 4th September, 2012 – Monday, 10th September, 2012 (GMT)

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just basic edits like contrast, exposure, color balance..etc.
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Costas Hummingbird, May 2012

by brentbristol

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Costa's Hummingbird on cape honeysuckle.

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D
Lens:	Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Submitted:	Tuesday, 28th August, 2012 19:32 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 19th May, 2012
Focal length:	100 mm
Shutter speed:	1/250 sec
Aperture:	F11
ISO:	160
Notes:	The scene was illuminated stobist style with 3 external Canon 580 EXII strobes off camera triggered by the internal flash of the 7D. The onboard flash did not contribute light to the scene.
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Cary Maures

good capture!

Mar 29, 2013permalink

neon nl

Deserves a 5 stars score! Very well planned shot with the 3 flashes.

Sep 13, 2012permalink

brentbristol

Thank you.

Sep 14, 2012permalink

BrightEyesOnFire

Should have flipped it horicontally

Sep 13, 2012permalink

km25

Very nice. It is not Full Frame, 3/4 or APC sensors. A good camera in the right hands gives you what you see. Stop that pixel count'n and shoot. Film is good.

Sep 13, 2012permalink

BrightEyesOnFire

It's certainly not 3/4 or APC because those don't exist. I'm pretty sure that it is APS-C though. Your comment about counting pixels is kind of ironic considering that this shot was taken with a digital camera with an 18MP APS-C sized sensor, and the extra resolution was pretty important for this shot since it is almost certainly cropped. Yeah film is good, if you want your images to look like they came from he 70's and 80's.

Sep 13, 2012*permalink

brentbristol

The 7D has a 1.6 crop sensor, APS-C. The image was only cropped for the square format, but used the entire height of the original image.

Sep 13, 2012*permalink

GabrielZ

Absolutely stunning!

Sep 12, 2012permalink

brentbristol

Thank you.

Sep 13, 2012permalink

DanCee

wow, you can freeze the bird at 1/250.. well done!! nice colors as well

Sep 12, 2012permalink

km25

More the likely the strobes did the freezing.

Sep 13, 2012permalink

brentbristol

Yes, the strobes did the freezing. With 3 strobes fairly close to the subject the strobe power was set near 1/128th power. I think that produces a very short flash burst less than 1/35000th sec. Much shorter than the fastest mechanical DSLR shutter.

Sep 13, 2012permalink

valdok

!!!

Sep 12, 2012permalink

Craig from Nevada

Wish I could take pictures like this one.

Sep 12, 2012permalink

Quoth

Utterly superb.

Sep 11, 2012permalink

brentbristol

Thanks for your kind words.

Sep 11, 2012permalink

brentbristol

Thanks!

Sep 11, 2012permalink

AlexandruValeanu

congrats!

Sep 10, 2012permalink

brentbristol

Thanks.

Sep 11, 2012permalink

AlexandruValeanu

fantastic photo!

Aug 29, 2012permalink

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