Violet-Eared Hummingbird

[Filemon Lopez]

Shot in Costa Rica's Cloud Forest, Nikon D3, 1600 ISO, 500mm AF-I Lens

[Robert Amoruso]

Filemon,

Nice and sharp on the eye and cool blur on the wings. You can strengthen the composition by giving more room in the front. If cropped, do a re-crop. If tight add canvas and extend the BG forward. The BG could use some noise correction.

[Filemon Lopez]

Robert, thanks for the feedback. I will take a look and see if I can do what you suggest. Filemon

[Terry Eddington]

Beautiful colors and the wing blur is a nice contrast to the detail in the feathers.

[Peter Hawrylyshyn]

Filemon -
Nice photo and agree with Robert's comments
As for id: i think it's a male magenta throated wood star and not a violet ear which is a much larger HB
It shows the purple gorget, white collar, and white side patch with rufous underparts characteristic of the MT wood star
where did you take the photo?

[Filemon Lopez]

South Central Costa Rica

[Lana Hays]

Filemon
Beautiful colors and nice wing blur. I agree with Robert in needing more front room and some noise reduction. This is a gorgeous bird.