Green Violetear

[Raymond Barlow]

Taken at my latest Costa Rica workshop, in the mountains south of San Jose. A big thanks to Dr. Robert Sofferman for letting me give the D3s a spin., what a fantastic camera.
Heading back here Jan 24th, so more coming!

D3s, 200-400 Vr
1/5000s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso1600
tripod, natural light, slight crop, cloned out a feeder

[Rob Mckenzie]

The subject and detail of this image are awesome. I wish I could get an image of a hummer even 1/4 as good as this one.
The only thing (personal preference) is the crop. Seems a little tight on top.
Aside from that I can't stop looking at it. Phenomenal!

[Richard Stern]

Hi Raymond,

Fantastic exposure, sharpness, colors, head angle and background. However, at least for me an image of a bird with no reference point leaves something to be desired, and although I'm glad you cloned out the feeder, was there anything else, e.g. a flower, that could have complemented the bird?

Richard

[Dumay de Boulle]

Very nice, good BG and and sharp detail...Nicely done Raymond!

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Lovely image Raymond, love the colours of these birds, they must be lots of fun to photograph. I like the plain smooth BG and upright pose of the bird TFS

[Hendri Venter]

Beautiful. Lovely pose and clean BG. well done!

[Aravind Krishnaswamy]

Beautiful pose and lovely background. I like how the background colors complement the hummer's colors.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Raymond, good to see your work after a while. Loved this one...soft light, colors, details...beautiful shot.

[Raymond Barlow]

thanks for the nice comments! He is a bit too high!! ooops!

[RakeshDhareshwar]

The speed of those wings !!! even at 1/5000 , there is a bit of blur on the far wing . Loved the colours and the BG makes it stand out. Awesome one !!