Magnificent Hummingbird

[Bill Dix]

One of the larger of the Costa Rican hummers. Taken in natural light near a feeder at Savegre Mountain Lodge 6 weeks ago.

D7000 | 80-400 VR @ 400mm | ISO 2000 | 1/2500s @ f/7.1 | +0.3 EV | HH

[Allen Sparks]

Very impressive Bill. Love the details and illumination on the subject, stop motion, and great BG too. Well done.

[bhavya joshi]

Excellent shot..and timing..Bill, you captured at perfect moment..nice details and position of wings..I like BG too..:c3:

[Peter Hawrylyshyn]

Bill
Well done to freeze the wings without a flash
Colorful background compliments the HB

I might have preferred a slight HA towards the viewer, but that's personal

Thanks for sharing

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice composition with placement of hummer and room all around.

Pretty impressive detail at that ISO.

Good for you to get such a lovely photo.

Dave

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Bill! I like the natural light, wing position and BG.

[Greg Basco]

Bill, nice natural light shot. Great pose, and I like the BG too. That D7000 looks like it does indeed produce nice files at high ISOs.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Ofer Levy]

This is really impressive! Getting the wings sharp in such low SS (compared with multi flash technique) is pretty unusual. I guess you got them just before the down stroke when they are practically still. The D7000 looks great in high ISO - the 7D looks shocking in iso 2000...:e3

[Bill Dix]

Thank you all for looking. I appreciate the kind words and feedback.