White-necked Jacobin

[Moe Richard]

Taken a month ago in Costa Rica.
iso 6400. 300mm PF, f8, 1000th, D500, handheld, fill flash at -2.3, full frame, overcast

This is the first time I have ever seen a hummingbird tongue do this... Has anyone else seen this or know about this behavior?

[dankearl]

Know nothing about the tongue.. Angle a bit steep and the
perch (although nice looking rebar) could bee better,
the Hummingbird looks great, nice details and nice BG.
Welcome aboard Dave.

[David Roach]

Agree with Dan's excellent assessment. If that's the tongue it looks broke. Beautiful details... TFS

[Alex Becker]

Great assessment from Dan above. Agree re: perch and head angle. IQ looks very nice for ISO 6,400. TFS

[Moe Richard]

I took 4 sequential images of this HB and it straightened and dropped the tongue 2 times. So that is unusual.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent details and nice soft light have rendered this colorful hummer nicely. bummer about the steep angle and the perch

TFS

[gail bisson]

I can't help you with the tongue- sorry.
I love the detail on the jacobin. Just wish for a better (lower) shooting angle.
What is the perch? Dan says it is rebar but I am not sure
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Moe:

Agree with previous comments. Great looking bird. Very nice noise control for a D500. Nice use of fill flash.

Sure looks like spiffed up rebar to me.

You can slightly lessen the visual effect of the shooting angle by cropping up a bit from the bottom. It will reduce the impression somewhat of looking up at the bird. Doesn't change reality, just our perception.

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

Fantastic details on this little guy (although the eye seems a touch softer). I agree the steep angle is not ideal, but that is what you had here. Good BG. Sorry, I can't help you either about the tongue - first time I've heard of this! Odd behaviour indeed.

[Tim Foltz]

Nice colors and details, agree with Arash on the HA and perch.

-Tim

[John Mack]

Detail on the bird is great. Like how the soft light brang out the details nicely. Background is excellent. The tongue is pretty neat.