Green Hermit

[Steve Maxson]

Green Hermits (Phaethornis guy) are true aerial acrobats and can be captured in a wide variety of mid-air poses. This one was photographed in Costa Rica at a 4-flash setup set up by Greg Basco and Doug Brown. I like the yellow grains of pollen on the bird's beak and forehead. The tip of the tongue is extended just a bit. 1D 4, 70-300 mm at 176 mm, 1/200, f/16, ISO 250, center-point AF, hand held. I applied nr to the backgroud - which is a print of OOF rainforest vegetation and removed two extra catchlights. All comments are welcome and appreciated.

[MohsenVahedipour]

I like the fanned tail, lovely BG, great pose & IQ. TFS

[Dennis Zaebst]

Terrific capture Steve. Wonderful flared tail feathers and great detail, nice OOF BG. Can't say I would change anything! Very well done!

[Ignacio Yufera]

Awesome and unusual pose, with great light and BG.

[Don Nelson]

I like the fanned tail and the detail in the feathers.
I'd wish for a little better right(bird's right) wing position (not straight down the axis of the wing, although the spiral of feathers on the backstroke mitigates this a bit)
If it were mine, I'd do a little work on the top surface of the bill to reduce the brightness.

[Bill Holsten]

Great shot Steve and wonderful fanned tail. This is becoming my favorite CR hummingbird due to its acrobatic poses.

Bill

[Melissa Groo]

Dramatic, perfectly exposed, and just rich with color and detail. I love it as is in terms of comp. Just a marvelous capture.

[jack williamson]

Spectacular and unique view of this awesome little bird.

[David Salem]

Great shot and an awesome pose. Exposed very well and tons of feather detail. Love the fanned out tail and the little bit of the tongue showing. Nice work.

[PhilCook]

A different and very likeable portrayal of these lovely birds, the tail spread is excellent........well done

[vishaljadhav]

Steve
this is really impressive, the details are so classically caught here, i love it
i have seen photographs from this setup before and i should say you have one of the unique one captured here
lovely one

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent flight pose with lovely colors and very nice composition
Love the colors,tails feathers and nice BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the fanned tail, wings, pollen covered beak and composition. Excellent image!

[Tim King]

Steve, a mighty fine image. Hi-five coming at ya : )

[Steve Maxson]

Thanks for your comments everyone! They are much appreciated!