Ruby-throated Hummingbird

[Francis Bossé]

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Image Date: 2008:05:25 12:37:33
Flash Used: Yes (Manual -3 BB @105mm + a slave flash)
Focal Length: 500.0mm
CCD Width: 5.21mm
Exposure Time: 0.0006 s (1/1600)
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO equiv: 400
Exposure Bias: -1.00
White Balance: Manual
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

Created last weekend will waiting for a other species! It's a crop for the original to remove the feeder from the frame and give more focus on this little fellow.

Thanks for looking!

[Jim Poor]

Beautiful BG and sharpness! There is the tiniest of halos or a bit of rim light under the gorget, but that is being really picky.

[Gus Cobos]

Francis,
Well done...:) Great colors, nice details on your hummer and the capture is fantastic...congrats...:D

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice pose, details and eye contact. I might remove two of the catchlights and lighten the head a bit. There is a little bit of posterization in the BG.

[John Chardine]

Now Francis, could you set up a flash to light up the gorget? This is a lovely image and a technical marvel. I've never been taught how to do these and reverse-engineering the image is not straightforward.

[Blake Shadle]

I love the pose and composition. Excellent background and fine detail throughout. Removing additional catchlights would be nice. Very nice work!

[LouBuonomo]

I would like to see his target in frame also. Nice job on the bird, nice wing position and sharpness

Lou

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

I am always amazed by this kind of frozen images. So close, and so beautiful.
It is easy to ask commenters to say something different than 'beautiful' and 'very nice' but when you look at a pearl like this the first word burning into your mind is WOW and lovely and very nice. :) and still... it is sweet :D

Szimi