Anna's Hummingbird

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

Captured this male Anna's Hummingbird minutes before the sun set below the mountains to the west (We are at 3000' surrounded by mountains, highest 9400' which Gina is going to hike to the top on Saturday ~ My Hero! )The background is a red abobe wall about 20' behind hummer. Flowers (Mexican yellow trumpet) were growing behind and under the bird. I photographed them and added to photo when processing. Uncle Gus :)

CC's always welcome & appreciated.

Olympus E-520, Zuiko 70-300mm ED
Aperture Priority: F/5.6, 1/1250s
ISO 400
-1.00ev
Auto WB
450mm focal length

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Excellent exposure on the bird, shows lots of details and an awesome PS job with those flowers. Makes the image complete uncle Gus.
Regards,

[Alfred Forns]

Real Sweet Gus !!! Just back down the saturation of the yellow flower !!! Neat !!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Like the framing in this one Gus with the flower in the URC. Love the gold feather's too!

[Harold Davis]

fantastic image, gus!!! there is a clone mark right by the top flower. love the bg. really goes well with the flowers!!

[Phil Ertel]

I fine this be a very pleasing image. More kudos on the photoshop skills. The flower looks great. Harold has sharper eyes than I do. ;):D

Thanks for sharing.

Phil

[Gus Hallgren]

Harold aka Hawkeye has the sharpest eyes . . . the marks he see's are sloppy eraser marks from the flower level. Shame on me. Al wanted yellow flower desaturated as well. What do you think ?. . . Uncle Gus :D

[Gus Cobos]

Great repost Uncle Gus,
Love it...:cool: