Rufous hummingbird with painterly bokeh

zulu42 · Aug 21, 2019

I almost always like the bokeh from the Tamron 150-600. Long lenses are so effective at background blur. Different distances, DOF and focal lengths yield very different results. The mammoth sunflowers 8-12 inches behind this hummingbird provided, I think, a very pleasant backdrop.
C&C always valued, thanks for looking

Dean_Gretsch · Aug 21, 2019

Very nice colors in the background and on the bird, Zulu!

Jeff15 · Aug 21, 2019

Lovely set............

K9Kirk · Aug 21, 2019

Nice pic.

Derrel · Aug 21, 2019

The degree of blur in the wings is really nice, especially in the second picture, with the wings in the classical position,but I am not so keen on having the bird placed to the short side of the frame in Both of these photos. Still your're correct: the lens has beautifully rendered the background!

zulu42 · Aug 21, 2019

Dean_Gretsch said:
Very nice colors in the background and on the bird, Zulu!

Thanks very much!

Jeff15 said:
Lovely set............

Nice of you to say, thanks Jeff

K9Kirk said:
Nice pic.

Thank you Kirk

Derrel said:
The degree of blur in the wings is really nice, especially in the second picture, with the wings in the classical position,but I am not so keen on having the bird placed to the short side of the frame in Both of these photos. Still your're correct: the lens has beautifully rendered the background!

Thank you, Derrel. I did struggle with these crops. The main reason they're both cropped that way was to remove the hummingbird feeder from the frame. I could have cropped tighter behind the bird but I also wanted to include more background. The resulting crops, I agree, are awkward. I appreciate your comments!