Female Rufous Hummingbird

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

40D, Canon 100-400@400mm, 1/500 f 9.0, ISO 640

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very cute. I like the one tiny foot visibly gripping the perch. You should tone down that perch, and there is a blown spot on the neck. Good clean BG, but you'll need to fix the post-processing marks in the LLC, should be easy with the clone tool. A square comp would work very well here by cropping a good portion of the top.

[Don Lacy]

She really pops nicely against the dark BG only wish it was uniform through the frame also there seem to be one hot spot on the breast, still nicely done.

[Desmond Chan]

Like the darker background, really makes the bird stand out as mentioned. I don't remember seeing many hummer photos with such a background. Flash used?

[Charlie VanTassel]

I like the way that the thin perch lets the viewer know just how tiny these birds are. The minor blow out on the neck feathers might be fixable. Very nice.

[Kobus Tollig]

I like it. Great bg and exposure. Would have liked it in the top 3rd but still great

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

A nice species for sure!

Great eye contact. I only wish for less noise on BG.