Anna's Hummingbird

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

This young immature bird visited our garden this morning and played with a sibling I couldn't capture.

All C & C's welcome & appreciated.

Uncle Gus

Olympus E-510, Zuiko 70-300 ED
AP, F/5.6, 1/640s
100 ISO
-1.3 ev
Auto WB
320 mm focal length
Fill Flash

[Gus Cobos]

Very well done uncle Gus,
I'm very partial to these little guys. You have good sharp details and the partial blured wings make it for me...:cool:

[Katie Rupp]

This is one is so nice and sharp with good detail (love those tiny feet)! I'm wondering what the HAP will say; it looks just slightly turned away. Good one, Uncle Gus!

[Desmond Chan]

Yeah, you may get some flak on the head angle :) Nice and sharp as stated. Fill flash looks good, too. I wish the bird were a bit at your eye level though.

[Dave Slaughter]

Wonderful shot. Good job!

[Gail Spitler]

Gus
Nice sharp image, like the wing position. I agree with Desmond, would like it at viewer's eye level, not above.
Gail

[Julie Kenward]

I guess I get to be the first to hand you your ticket for a bad head angle. It's not horrible but it's not making eye contact so...

I like the sharpness of the image and even like the wing blur. It looks like you caught some pretty harsh light, though, so I would look at trying to bring up the dark and mid-tones on the front chest area to even it out with the rest of the bird. I also wouldn't mind seeing it a little lower in the frame towards the bottom left corner (LC) so that it has plenty of room to fly into the upper RC.

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Julie:

You're the first to agree with my thoughts, lower the bird: HA on a flying hummingbird, forget it, I'm happy just to catch it. harsh light, yep, used -1.3 ev to compensate. You hit the nail on the head. Thanks for your C&C's. . . . Uncle Gus