Black-crested Coquette (Costa Rica)

[Glenn Bartley]

Looking forward to getting back to Costa Rica on Tuesday. Wouldn't mind seeing one of these guys again :-)

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

[Dennis Zaebst]

Another stunning capture Glenn. I'm looking forward to your 2014 Costa Rica trip. Beautiful colors, amazing bird, and great BG as usual. Well done to capture this by natural light. I can't think of anything to improve. Very well done!

[dankearl]

Underexposed and slow SS.
The pose is pretty bad and the wing blur is so bad, it does not suggest motion as much as just poor photography.
Sorry.

[Diane Miller]

I don't see underexposure, but the darker tones might be brought up a little in raw processing. I don't mind the wing blur -- might have been dim light. Given the difficult choices of balancing shutter speed, DOF and exposure, I don't find this a bad compromise.

The tonalities are well handled, to me.

[Frank Schauf]

Great timing, great action.

[Robert vanMierop]

I really like the colors and background but to me the ss is a little slow...there's a little too much blur here. LOVE Costa Rica too, but I spend much more time surfing than shooting.

[Jeroen Stel]

Wonderful flight shot Glenn! The blurred wings work well here. Like the composition with fading plants in the BG.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[vishaljadhav]

The Bg is amazing,
I like the pose captured and it depicts all the features of the bird (crested)
Details are nice, the wings show motion making it interesting , i love the flower colour.
good image and all the best for the new Costa rica trip wishing you a wonderful time with more new species for us to view.