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28-FEB-2007 Jamdiver

Delicate Beauty*

Kingston, Jamaica

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi ,Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Macro Super II
1/200s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time28-Feb-2007 12:27:04
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length300 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modeaverage (1)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programmanual (4)
Focus Distance

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Maurice Allain27-Jun-2007 08:49
This is like a little jewel, what a lovely bird, nicely captured!
ctfchallenge23-Jun-2007 11:40
The bg is enhancing the colors on the bird...couldn't have planned this better! Gorgeous shot. Britt
ctfchallenge23-Jun-2007 02:20
Yum! Just luscious color. Love the sparkles in her feathers. Ann C
ctfchallenge22-Jun-2007 23:12
Thanks aam :).
This was with the lowly internal flash :-)
Fred! I've seen some beautiful Swedish birds on the Discovery channel, so i'm sure that they're out there.

- Jamdiver
aam1234 22-Jun-2007 10:05
I'm with Fred, wish we have such birds here. All we have is the lowly sparrow :(

Excellent pic of the bird and beautiful bokeh.

Btw, which flash are you using, Jammy.
ctfchallenge21-Jun-2007 22:47
I envy you who have these beautiful little birds in your surroundings. They're nowhere to be seen here in Sweden unfortunately. They indeed make lovely photos, and when as skilfully presented as here it's a pure joy to view them. The bird as such is delicate, and so is the perfectly matching background.
Fred
ctfchallenge21-Jun-2007 22:45
This was more down to dumb luck than anything Tv.
The hummer was nesting in a Mango tree and flew down to check me out.
The combination of shutter sound and whine from the flash seemed to keep it's interest for a while :-).

- Jamdiver
ctfchallenge21-Jun-2007 22:36
I'm a bit naive about how to get this kind of shot so well. Mine are always blurry, out of focus, and too late. -tv