Black Bellied Hummingbird, Costa Rica

[Nelson Mena Alfaro]

hi everybody
i got this little friend, taken at catarata del toro,
iso 1250, 400mm f/8, 1/100
canon 60d + 100-400 @ 400mm, tripode and cable release, a rainy day!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8027302...ream/lightbox/

[vishaljadhav]

Thats a impressive closeup of a humming bird, lovely look
The black somehow looks underexposed on my monitor
i am still looking at the bird, its wonderful the way its looking right into the camera

[Nelson Mena Alfaro]

yes blacks underexposed, due to high iso, if i try to light them up lots of noise will come up
thanks

[Marina Scarr]

You did a really good job here, Nelson. Love your BG and you have nice details in your bird. I would like to see the darks a little brighter so that we can see a little more details in the hummer's belly.

[Nelson Mena Alfaro]

thanks marina, i need to get a flash, to use it as fill light :(

[Faraaz Abdool]

Nelson - Lovely shot of this hummer here. Good job getting close as well, although I agree with the others about wanting to see more detail on the underbelly. It also seems that the whites on the tail are a bit hot. It's tough exposing these birds properly when they're in the shade and the day is a low-light day!

Getting a flash would help a lot in situations like this.