Were there something (out of focus) between you and the hummingbird, Nonda? It looks like the wing is largely invisible. Of course part of it is because not enough shutter speed was there to freeze the movement. But it looks to me something is blocking it from our view, too. Composition-wise I think if you crop both sides a bit more it would look OK, too.
Nonda: I like this alot. I especially like the colorful flower and how its' color is reflected on the bird. Good catch light and focus on head. It would have been great if the base of flower had come out of lower right corner, but it is difficult at best to shoot these fast moving birds!
A beautiful capture, Nonda, nice and sharp and I like the diagonal line of the flower. How about a little crop from the top as well? And that looks like only wing blur to me; I'm not seeing what Desmond mentioned.
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