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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Description:

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird spotted at the Visitor Center, Huntley Meadows Park.

Habitat:

Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntl...

Notes:

I used my Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS150 superzoom camera to shoot the preceding photo. The following camera settings were used for the photo (above): Shutter Priority mode; ISO 800; focal length 108mm/600mm (35mm equivalent); 0 exposure value (ev); aperture f/5.2; shutter speed 1/1,250 sec. The camera automatically increased the ISO to 800 in order to compensate for less light reaching the camera sensor at a faster shutter speed. The resulting photo appears underexposed and is noticeably "noisy" (see Photo 2 of 2). I used Adobe Lightroom 4 to adjust the original photo, including noise reduction and sharpening (see Photo 1). Although the post-processed version isn't high quality, the noise reduction adjustment in Lightroom salvaged an otherwise useless photo.

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Geodialist
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Geodialist

Virginia, USA

Spotted on Jun 24, 2012
Submitted on Dec 22, 2012

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