Broad-tailed Hummer - Female

I'm not 100% sure on the species, but my guess is that this is a broad-tailed hummer since that is what we had most of the day. This is another shot from a shoot a couple of weeks ago with Doug.

After I got a couple of the standard hummingbird shots, I started trying to get some more dynamic poses. This proved challenging (the keeper rate went way down), but I think it was worth it.

The "wider" focal length allowed for less compression of the background, giving me a less uniform palette of colors.

Shooting info:
Nikon D800 | 70-200 + 1.4x @280mm
1/320" | f/14 | ISO 200

Aerial ballet ! Like the body form in this one Miguel with the arched back and great eye contact with the viewer.....I do believe he was showing off . Very much like the blending of varied color tones in the backdrop and the light has picked up the dorsal feather colors nicely. Possibly another round of sharpening on the bird may lift this one a little more

Nice image, Miguel. Love the pose and eye contact.

Miguel, that is so sweet . I can almost hear the little one buzzing as it sweets by. I really like this pose and the nice clean bg

Miguel, Thats very attractive, I find the h/a and eye contact superb. Nice soft b/g to compliment.

Wonderful image all things are spot on

Wow! taken pictures of hummer at 1/320? I'm surprised that you have good sharp details of the wings. Very beautiful pose and sweet BG. Loi

Wonderful flight pose with very nice HA. Beautiful colors,nice clean BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

I have been enjoying your hummer pics so much from your shoot with Doug, Miguel. They have all been first rate. This is no exception. The background is so sweet, that graceful pose is riveting, and I like the wings in blur here.

Wonderful flight pose,BG and good sharp details.

A real beauty Miguel! I like the wing/tail positions, sharpness, wing blur, BG and composition.