Violet-tailed Sylph
If you want to photograph hummingbirds, go to where the hummingbirds are. Ecuador certainly qualifies as “hummingbird land” as almost 1/2 of the world’s species can be found here. These two birds, a Violet-tailed Sylph and a Brown Violetear, were competing for the same flower near San Tadeo Ecuador. I was shooting with ambient light only and it was very dark, so I had to shoot with a high ISO, but was fortunate that both birds were in the same DOF plane. Shot with a Canon R5, 100-500 lens (343 mm), SS 1/2000. f/5.6, ISO 10,000. Processed with DXO PR, PS, Topaz DeNoise AI. Cropped from L and top significantly to remove distracting elements.
Country Ecuador
Location San Tadeo, EC
Gender Male
Age Adult
Activity BIF (Bird in Flight), Feeding in the Wild, Fighting
- Created Timestamp08/18/2022 13:56:42
- CameraCanon EOS R5
- Aperture5.6
- CreditJim Babbitt
- Focal Length343
- Iso10000
- Shutter Speed1/2000
Wow!
Quite an amazing pic considering it was shot at 10.,000 ISO. I assume the original was very noisy but the Topaz cleared it up. Thanks for the extensive description.
Yes, between DXO PR and Topaz the noise cleaned up well. In retrospect, I should have reduced my SS to 1/1000 or 1/1600 to reduce the ISO by a stop or so. One problem I have is I need to wear reading glasses to see my images well on the LCD screen. I do not like to wear my glasses when I am shooting. As a consequence I do not chimp much and when I do it is in the EVF. Do not see noise levels well so it is a mystery until I get home to view on a… Read more »