Photo by Brenda Luciuk
Anna’s Hummingbird and Hawthorn Flower
My local birding park May 2026. Hawthorn trees , and other flowering bushes were in bloom. One particular Hawthorn tree was in the shade. One never knows when a hummingbird will come along. I saw some movement near the flowers. The hummingbird was facing in the wrong direction so I wasn’t able to catch all of the iridescent colours.
Post processing notes:
I was far from the tree and hummingbird, and there was a lot of distracting white bokeh dots from sun behind the tree.I did a lot of cropping, instead of erasing the dots. Local adjustment of the hummingbird to increase the exposure and bring out some colour. A different angle of shooting would have seen the ruby throat. Dynamic contrast to flowers and denoise. SS1/4000 f8 ISO3200 558.5mmExif information:
| Copyright: | Brenda Luciuk |
| Camera: | X-H2 |
| Aperture: | f/8 |
| Focal Length: | 558.5mm |
| ISO: | 3200 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/4000 sec. |
| Created: | May 3, 2026 09:42:12 |