Ruby Throated HB

[Joel Eade]

They are almost all gone now from central Kentucky, just one or two still lingering around the potted flowers on our deck.

1DX
300mm f/2.8L + 25mm ext tube
ISO 3200
f/2.8
1/800
No flash

[Simon Wantling]

One word - Stunning. Love everything about it really.. If it was mine I might add some to the right of the image and reduce from the top as there is some dead space - but cracking image.

[John Robinson]

Wish one would linger around my potted flowers !
Nice one ! Did well with DOF with those settings.
John

[Grace Scalzo]

Such a difficult bird to photograph, you did well! Body and face are nice and sharp, could use a bit more dof for the bill. I think that the entire image is a bit dark. Maybe you could increase the brightness a bit without ruining the velvety richness of the image.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness, details and complimentary BG. They are still up here so you might have some more coming through. Nice image Joel.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm not sold on the square crop in this instance, but I like everything else about the image...from the pose to BG and sharpness. A bit perplexed by the small ghosting around the feet and bill, easy to clone out if wanted.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Wow, very nice light, love the pose and the sharp details.

[Joel Eade]

I'm not sold on the square crop in this instance, but I like everything else about the image...from the pose to BG and sharpness. A bit perplexed by the small ghosting around the feet and bill, easy to clone out if wanted.

It's actually not exactly square (718 x 800) but I understand what you mean. The ghosting I think is motion blur. I suspect 1/800 sec is probably not quite fast enough with the shady ambient light that I had.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi joel very nice shot of the HB with a pleasing BKG.Nice tone and overall contrast with good depth in the colors .
Only nit is the ghosting but nothing you could about , only next time push the Dx further with the ISO it can stand it.

TFS Andreas