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21-AUG-2004 Jeff Hall

Damon's Hummingbird* by Jeff hall

Oxnard Shores, CA

I've been trying to capture this ellusive little fellow for weeks. This morning I set up my tripod, mounted my camera with a 300 f/4 L IS and 550ex flash, pointed it at the feeder and hooked up RemoteCapture. I was on the phone with my grandson Damon when I made the shot - hence the name Damon's Hummingbird.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM
1/200s f/22.0 at 300.0mm iso400 with Flash hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time21-Aug-2004 10:18:48
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length300 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/22
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modeaverage (1)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program
Focus Distance0.880 m

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Canon DSLR Challenge23-Aug-2004 12:40
Hmm - perhaps you're right. I'm probably mixing up Actions (cross-platform) and Plug-Ins (not). Anyway, sorry to everyone else (especially Jeff) for this hi-jacked thread! -Ed Hahn
Canon DSLR Challenge23-Aug-2004 03:34
Jeff,
I like the tight view of the hummingbird and the diagonals created in the image. Good setup to capture this moment. Roberta
Canon DSLR Challenge22-Aug-2004 22:28
Ed, are you sure about that (plug-in working on both platforms)? Sounds odd to me. Even if it is "only" a plug-in it has to be an executeable file compiled for the right kind of CPU - me thinks. BTW, Anna had her head on backwards, as she put it herself, and WAS thinking of NoiseNinja, please see her comment here:http://www.pbase.com/image/32840875 --Olaf
Canon DSLR Challenge22-Aug-2004 21:49
Anna - perhaps you mean "Noise Ninja"? Neat Image doesn't appear to have a standalone Mac OS X version...although the plug-in version ought to work with both. -Ed Hahn
Anna Yu22-Aug-2004 03:51
Olaf, NeatImage works perfectly well with Panther on my Mac.
Guest 21-Aug-2004 19:32
Todd - that's a very valid point. In retrosect, I probably should have used a lower iso. Thanks for your comment.
Canon DSLR Challenge21-Aug-2004 19:28
Only problem with NeatImage: It doesn't work on my Mac!!! (Sorry, couldn't resist!) --Olaf
Guest 21-Aug-2004 19:10
I don't particularly like this image because it is dark and has too much motion blur in the bird's face, but I especially don't like the noise. Why did you use ISO 400 and f/22 if you were using a flash? You could have used ISO 100 and a wider aperture, or even with the same aperture, the TTL flash probably would have made up the difference.

Anyway, the noise can easily be removed with Neat Image, which can be purchased for as little as $29.90 from www.neatimage.com.

Here is what it looks like after I ran Neat Image on it in fully automatic mode.



I love shooting with my Canon 10D, and sometimes you need to use a high ISO, so you should think about investing the small amount of money it takes to get such powerful noise reduction.

- Todd Moon