White-Necked Jacobin (corrected ID)

[Linda Robbins]

Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica. Canon 100-400mm zoom at 300mm. ISO 400. Manual mode: 1/250th at f/16. Seven flash lighting set-up. Artificial background.

[Doug Brown]

Really cool pose Linda! The bird pops against that white BG, and the exposure is perfect. Looks like a White-Necked Jacobin though. I see a dust bunny to the left of the bird's head.

[Paul Wolf]

Wow! I'd just like to see one of these, let alone get such a terrific shot. I like the wing and tail position and especially the way your lighting brought out the iridescence of the feathers. A shot well worth the effort! Only thing I might suggest is one more round of very light sharpening. I think it would sharpen the eye a little more and ever so slightly brighten those feathers even more.

Paul

[Linda Robbins]

THANKS DOUG. It is indeed a White-necked Jacobin. I changed my mind about what image I was going to post and changed all but the title of the image.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Beautiful work!

Really nice diving pose. Details in its tailed are wonderful. Lovely work.

[Juan Aragonés]

An excellent image Linda, with your usual quality. I am not a a big fan of whites Bg but I have to say that I like it in this image. Fantastic action and exposure job

[Stu Bowie]

Linda, excellent posture, and you have covered the DOF perfectly. The hummer pops so well from the BG, and those colours are amazing. Congrats, I like this lots.

[Aidan Briggs]

As above. Love the pose, and colors. However the focus seems to be more on the body than the head.

Looking forward to more

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, composition and exposure control. I would only selectively sharpen the head more.

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent composition. The pose make it different. Love the colors.

[Bryan Erb]

Awesome colors, love the pose and spread tail feathers.

[Jasper Doest]

I'm not a big fan of this background as it doesn't look very natural...but wow that pose is just amazing. Very dramatic. Too bad the sharpness is just behind the head.

[Randy Stout]

Linda:

What an acrobat. I love the fanned retrices on one side only as he banks into his turn.
Sharpness mentioned. I have to say, like Jasper, that I am not enthralled by the BG. It shows the bird well, but makes it seem like a studio shot. Just a personal style issue.

Thanks for sharing!

Randy

[Arthur Morris]

I like the spectacular wings-down pose, the tail, and the BKGR. Good catch by Aiden on the focus.