Hummingbird

[Petr Pazour]

Canon EOS 30D + Canon EF 70-200 / 2.8 L
ISO 400, 1/125 sec. at f/4
Monteverde, Costa Rica

[Arthur Morris]

Welcome! Sharp, good exposure, and a lovely back on this hummer. The two biggest problems are the merge of the bill with the stem and the single ugly leaf...

later and love, artie

ps: How far are you from my younger daughter in Bratislave, Slovokia?

[Fabs Forns]

Big welcome. Petr :)

I should add that I am a lover of your city, that I was fortunate to visit a few years ago and would love to see again...

The first thing that jumps to my eye is the out of focus leaf on the left, a little prominent and distracting. The head angle is not optimal but he is after all, using his bill on the leaf, so I can be OK with that. Depth of field was very shallow, f/4, rendering the body soft, although you did good of focusing on the head.

I would have gone up to iso 800 to get a smaller aperture.

Hope we can make your BPN experience and exciting one and that we'd be able to help you improve your photographic skills :)

[Maxis Gamez]

HI and welcome!

I have to agree with Artie on this one. I rather see the face in a clean BG. Keep them coming!!