White-Necked Jacobin

[Doug Brown]

Here's another hummer from this year's Costa Rica photo tour. Rancho Naturalista. Enough said.

http://birdwhisperer.smugmug.com/photos/538561581_cCJZJ-O-1.jpg

Canon 50D, 70-200mm f/4 + 1.4x @ 161mm, f/14, 1/200, ISO 125, manual exposure, 5 flashes, tripod

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful colors, BG, flower, pose, DOF...pretty much everything. You are making me jealous again. Congratulations.

[Loukie Viljoen]

Good one Doug, red and green complimentary colour work well.

[Greg Basco]

Hey, Doug. Looks quite nice. I like the texture in the bird's feathers and the overall lighting looks good. I think there could be just a bit more room, especially left and top left. Instead of the zoom at 161 mm, I would have considered 149 mm.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Kiran Poonacha]

Wow doug.. Totally killer this... Great details, super colours, lovely pose and good details.. Congrats

[Elmar Venter]

This is really a special shot - just makes me realise how special it is to observe the beauty of nature.

[Stu Bowie]

An unusual hovering posture Doug, and I like how the edge of the wing is parallel to the tail. Lovely colours on the HB, and overall, I like the comp too. Well captured.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

You catch a great moment.....killer bg,colors,pose!!!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Excellent shot Doug. Like the flower a lot, as well as the BG, the pose and colours of the bird. I wish the HA was a tiny bit more towards you or that the bird would have angled a bit more towards the viewer although on the other hand the eye contact compensates for this a bit. All in all another great hummer shot!

[Connie Mier]

Great timing! The extended pose of the bird is remarkable, gives a very nice balance to the composition.

[Keith Bauer]

Hey, Doug. Looks quite nice. I like the texture in the bird's feathers and the overall lighting looks good. I think there could be just a bit more room, especially left and top left. Instead of the zoom at 161 mm, I would have considered 149 mm.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

149 would have worked OK, but I personally think that 143 would have been even better:)

[Doug Brown]

149 would have worked OK, but I personally think that 143 would have been even better:)

I was thinking 151 myself.:D

[Ilija Dukovski]

Wow, fantastic, pose especially not seen too often, altogether with the flower. I like it very much.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome Shot! I really like the position captured as this hummer is feeding.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

This is unreal Doug. Love the curved body and tail. Colors are awesome. What else? Enough said, you said that yourself mate. :)

[Dave Barnes]

Doug, one day when I am big I may be able to capture an image like this.
Colours, comp, detail, sharpness, BG, pose, action all great.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Great image Doug. Love the mussaseae, makes a great combination of colors here.