Ecuadorian Hillstar

[Glenn Bartley]

This bird was a huge target for me on this trip. Not only is it one of the most beautiful hummingbirds (IMO) - but it is also endemic to Ecuador. This species lives at a higher elevation than any other species of hummingbird - up to about 4500m (and that's right about the elevation I found him at). What a beauty!

Camera Model: Canon EOS 50D
Shutter speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: On - for fill
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 200
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

[Ramon M. Casares]

Stunning! Great pose, perfect ligt, wonderull BG and even greater comp! Love it wide. COngratulations!

[Mike Lentz]

Spot on beauty!!

[Fabs Forns]

Postcard beautiful. I wish you could open the gorget a little bit?
You have been missed!

[Grace Scalzo]

What's to say? A beautiful image, from the subject to the bg to the wonderful perch. Love the colors.

[Rene Quenneville]

Glen, another trophy. Beautifull composition and colors, the background completes the scene well. Congratulations. From my monitor, as Fabs mentions, I would use a little S&H to reveal the blue in the neck.

[Greg Basco]

Glenn, great image of what indeed must have been a difficult target. I don't know about that hummingbird background though -- looks kind of artificial :-)

Congrats,
Greg

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

Glenn, you've got a winner here IMHO. The colors setting and bkgnd. are perfect.