Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Brazil)

[Glenn Bartley]

When I was in Brazil last November I found this fellow that was repeatedly returning to a perch. I swapped out his plain brown stick for this one and voila!

What do you think?

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/50 sec
Aperture: 5
Flash: On
ISO: 640
Lens: EF600mm f/4L IS II USM

[Grant Yang]

Nice soft lighting and good detail. I like the perch you gave him.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful bird captured in nice light. And a nice perch. Out of curiosity, did you intentionally blur the bottom of the perch to match the OOF tail? Good PP work in any event.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice bird, perch and striking colors.

[keith mitchell]

Stunning little bird, great to get it to come onto the perch you provided, it's made a cracking image.

[John Robinson]

Excellent quality and nice and unusual perch/bird symetry.
Grand picture.
JohnR