White Eared Hummingbird

[Lorant Voros]

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/8974/100121birding0005.jpg

I am back in Mexico after a 3 months trip without photographing birds. Here is one of the first bird images of the year. Against the light using fill flash.I removed a piece of twig from under the wing and added the frame just to see where the photo ends:-). Looking forward to hear your comments and keep on learning on this great forum. Thanks for looking.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Welcome home my brother. Hope Russia was kind to you with its intense winter cold. :)

Very nicely shot, maybe just a little steep and I wish the branch were not coming towards the camera being rendered OOF. I am sure this was the best option for you at the time thought. I love those colors. :)

[Ilija Dukovski]

You are killing us with the selection of hummer species. The birds is great,
but I think the overall IQ of the image is on the lower side than your previous images.
I would guess the bird was underexposed. If that is the case not bad job in salvaging it.

[Lorant Voros]

Thanks for the comments guys. Ilija, I did not adjust the exposure, but I used 19 recovery in ACR. It is a crop of course, so maybe that lowers the IQ as much.

I forgot to add the camera info:
1DMKIII
500mm
ISO250
F:4
1/500
exp.comp:+2.67
flash+BB

[Stu Bowie]

Lorant, the light has brought out the colours very well, and you captured a good HA too.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Lóránt, how much a crop is this brother?

[Lorant Voros]

Szia Akos,

Here is a screen shot to show you how much of a crop it is.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4910/hummershot.jpg