Ruby-throated Hummingbird

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured the image yesterday in my back yard at the Fire Bush that is in full bloom attracting bees and hummingbirds. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm F/5.6 VR AF-S ED PF, Handheld
1/4000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1000 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Paul Burdett]

Hi Joseph. I like this very much. Lovely pose, sharpness and colours. Hope one day to be able to see a Hummingbird, but I don't think that's going to happen any time soon (thank you Covid:bugeyed:). There does seem to be some noise in the BG, mainly on the upper left quarter. TFS

[David Roach]

Love the pose, colors and those feet... TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

That's a cracker! Great focus colour and detail - well done! I can see I need a fire bush!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat! Floating there with a small gap at the tip of the bill. I do feel it is a touch too high in the frame IMO, but I like the image overall. It'd be nice to see one with the flower showing in the frame too.

[kevin Hice]

Beautiful shot Joe. Details and sharpness are superb. Touch of a flower as mentioned would be a great contrast and add to the image. I'm sure you have one coming. TFS

[John Mack]

Quite a nice hummer frame. I like the pose and framing.

[Wayne Niz]

Awesome pic and pretty bird, well captured

[Joseph Przybyla]

Neat! Floating there with a small gap at the tip of the bill. I do feel it is a touch too high in the frame IMO, but I like the image overall. It'd be nice to see one with the flower showing in the frame too.

Hi Dan, thank you for viewing and commenting. Here's one with the flower.