Costa's Humming Bird in our garden

[Gus Hallgren]

Photographed this little hummer in our garden this morning, new arrival along with Virden, and Orange-crowned warbler. Weather down to a lovely 85 F with sunny blue skies.

Comments welcome & appreciated

Fairly large crop, PP LR3 & CS5

Olympus E-3, Zuiko ED 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD, @ 400mm Gitzo monopod
Aperture Priority: F/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 100, -0.30eV, CWA, AWB, sRGB

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Gus,

Greetings. A beauty! If it were mine, I'd pump the color a bit. Wish for more detail in the whites. Good show!

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Johan Kruger]

Great capture Gus, like the blur of the wings.

[Julie Kenward]

That's a beauty, Gus! Might check those whites - they look close to being hot - but everything else is stunning. You really outdid yourself this time!

[John Chardine]

Yes this is beautifully done Gus. Love the composition and background. Neck whites look a little hot. You may be able to do something about this in RAW conversion or later.

[Mark Young]

Lovely image Gus, I like how you've positioned the bird in the frame here.