Coming In For A Landing
This shot recently recieved 2nd place, out of nearly 3000 entries in a February ‘08 contest on another photosite. So now we can reveal how we did it.
This is actually three separate shots of the same female Calytpe Anna hummingbird in three different positions as she hovered to approach and land on the feeder. I layered each shot over each other, aligned the feeder, masked & blended each layer to expose each bird and merged them all into one image to give the appearance of three separate hummingbirds lined up at the feeder.
Work done with Corel PSP-XI
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cherylc1
outstanding
coffeetea
beauutiful trio! wonderful capture and clearity.
Tim Denny
Great photo and great work Dan, he is the original “3 – in 1 ” humminbrids
Craig Watson
Well done!
stevealder
Absolutely wonderfully done. This is superb. Regards, Steve
Tainia Finlay
Stunning! Well done :D
tjmimagery
This is fantastic, very well done.
Liz Spittall
Great layering job!
KarDanCreations
Thank you, I tried this instead of a collage to condense the three images to a single one.
jdmphotography
I love everything about this one simply love it Brilliant !
eaglewatcher
Incredible work—Love the image
Michelle Boyer
Fabulous work
kevsphotos2008
Stunning shot,love your work…....................
Robert Elliott
Brilliant !!!
Michael Rowley...
yes brilliant capture !
Michael Kienhuis
Beautiful
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Craig Hender
Absolutely amazing! You have done a masterful job here, just brilliant. Well done.
Christine Beswick
This is superb! What is the bird?
KarDanCreations replied
Thank you, it is a female Calypte Anna.
(Anna’s hummingbird)
Dayonda
WoW! Anna’s hummingbird? This is a combination of 3 fine photos into one outstandingly lovely photo. Amazing work, and it’s really cool to see these 3 ‘stages of landing’ together like this.
KarDanCreations replied
Thnak you very much, yes..Anna’s.
Dennis Jones -...
Nice darkroom work… Using Corel?
KarDanCreations replied
Thank you, yes…still learning how to use the all the features of the program to get the desired results.
L Wagner
I really enjoy this photo showing the different posture while landing, I have the same photo software but still haven’t figured out how you do the masking, layers, etc. I’ve tried a lot in the past week to no avail : ( I can see why you won but it should have been 1st!
KarDanCreations replied
Thanks, keep at it. There are probably several ways (or procedures) to accomplish what I’ve been doing with these types of images. In teaching myself to use the Corel program, no doubt, I’m probably doing it the hard way..haha. Glad you liked the final product. Please look at our profile for more examples of the same processes used for this image.