Anna's Hummingbird

[Dan Sorochan]

Canon 7D, EF400/5.6, 1/250, f7.1, ISO400, 43% FF, handheld
Taken on a recent trip to the San Francisco area.

http://qx401g.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pNBb0UtLlSJHnVRmdO1YRVqc5ns8iFwO8X7xje1STPZr0SmI 0D5-I8X-eKVclVviec7_NVzMXZMmXc3Wlh1tp6w-XGytEn19o/annahummingbird1024.jpg?psid=1

[Martin Wallis]

Nice bird. I do feel it needs more DOF although would have thought 7.1 would cover it.

[Dumay de Boulle]

I like it...The detail is good and the OOF flowers on the left balance and add nicely and the smooth BG is outstanding...I would however maybe take a bit off the top and bottom

[Randy Stout]

Dan:

I like the basic concept. The strong side lighting gives nice definition to the fluffed feathers, the undulating perch is scaled correctly for the bird, smooth background behind the bird.
I wonder where you focus point was, as the tail looks sharper than the head and bill.Looking at the perch, the plane of focus in anterior to some of the bird.
I find the colors on the left a bit too bright as posted, as it tends to draw our eyes away from the more subtle subject.

Might try a version with another pass of USM on the birds head/bill, and the luminosity of the flowers reduced a bit.

Cheers

Randy