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    Canon 70D | 400mm L USM f/5.6 | ISO 400 | f/5.6 | 1/640s

    Another beautiful hummer from Costa Rica. Natural BG.

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    Ivan:

    A species I haven't seen, thanks for sharing him. Easy to see where the name came from!

    The natural background is excellent, and the lighting on the plant is good, but a bit too much of the hummer is shadowed for my personal taste. A bit of off camera flash, or even a bit of reflector work if the circumstances allowed, would have really opened up those shadows.

    I would consider cropping in from the right, as that area doesn't add a lot to the image. You could then do a small crop top and bottom to keep the proportions the same if you choose to do so.

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    Killer species, flower, natural BG and feeding behavior. That said, this bird's head doesn't look sharp to my eyes. I don't think 1/640sec is fast enough for HB photography, and I think you would have greatly benefited from using flash here.
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