Booted Rackettail (Ecuador)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

One more rackettail from Ecuador.
These hummingbirds can be photographed for hours and one never get tired of them, very territorial and a real joy to watch. This is the west subspecies, the one on east has pinkish feathers covering the tiny claws.

1D4+600+@f/6.3+ISO1600+tripod+LR+Almost FF.

Thanks for looking.

[Arthur Morris]

Nice pose and perch with a great look at the tail and the booties. A contrast mask on the face would likely improve this as the head looks a bit soft.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Thanks for your input Artie, yes it looks soft in this image, I forgot to upload 900pix wide and this is too small to see some details on it. will have to repost later.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice image of this cutie, Juan Carlos. Love the pose and background.

[Peter Dexter]

Lovely photo. And they even have white feet under those "boots".