Ruby-throated Hummingbird (f)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at a Fire Bush in my backyard. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, image captured at 400mm
1/3200 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 900 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition and presentation

[John Mack]

Very nice frame of this hummer. Like the pose and those flowers. The crop works very well. The gradient in the background works well.

[gail bisson]

Nice frame.
I like the wing position and the flowers in RUC.
I am not a big fan of the BG. The top of the BG is very bright so i wish the hummer had been solidly in the brown of the BG.
Gail

[Alex Becker]

I really like this. Pleasing comp, nice pose, great colors, and detail. I do wish the bird had been more against the darker BG. I love the clenched feet. TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the vegetation!! Nice hummingbird too. BG so-so as pointed out. Even a fully white high-key would have worked well IMO.

[Dorian Anderson]

A very good natural light hummingbird effort! Detail is excellent throughout the frame, and I appreciate the look at the tiny feet. Background is so-so, but it's not a multiflash and background set-up like so many of
the hummer flight shots we see.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.