First Post / the luckiest shot I'll ever get

[Lucky Hack]

I was shooting the bird of paradise and right in the middle of it this humming bird came in for a dip, luckily I had my camera on multiple so I just held the shutter down, I got off 4 or 5 shots before he took off. this is the best one.


Any suggestions about cropping?

[Cosmic]

Hi and welcome to DGrin.

I would suggest a much tighter crop on this picture. I had to really look for the hummingbird.

~Heidi~

[Lucky Hack]

Thanks for the welcoming Heidi, how tight would you crop? I want to keep as much of the flower as possible I don't want to lose the counterpoint between the two "birds" but I've heard the same thing from some of my friends...
-Ian

ps. I like the vertical format, but if you have any ideas about aspect ratio...

[Lucky Hack]

Hi and welcome to DGrin.

I would suggest a much tighter crop on this picture. I had to really look for the hummingbird.

~Heidi~ hows this?

[David_S85]

That is a good shot there.

But I have a quibble with "The luckiest shot I'll ever get" part. The luckiest (or best shot) is the one that you haven't yet taken.

Just keep pressing that shutter button, and carry a camera everywhere.

[Cosmic]

I was thinking a little less; although, if it would have been sharper, the web on the flower is a nice effect.

This is how I would have cropped it.

[Angelo]

I was thinking a little less; although, if it would have been sharper, the web on the flower is a nice effect.

This is how I would have cropped it.
This is a good crop for this photo. Nice.

[Lucky Hack]

I agree with Angelo , I like the ratio too! thanks Heidi

-Ian