Anna's Hummingbird

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

Another visitor to our garden, not too much editing other than crop & resize.

CC's always appreciated and welcome.

Uncle Gus

Olympus E-520 IS, Zuiko 70-300 ED (140-600mm equiv)
Aperture priority.
F/6.3, 1/400s
ISO 400
-0.70 ev
380 mm focal length
Auto WB

[Jeni Williams]

Can't get over the fluorescent colours of these birds!! Absolutely awesome and pinsharp.

See you did the research on "Oom" ;) however, a couple of things to add that they don't mention:

1.Oom is a direct translation of Uncle.

2.Afrikaans people were sticklers on protocol and would never dream of addressing an older person by their Christian name so as a form of respect, Oom (Uncle)\ Tannie (Aunt) was\is added.

3. If one has a lot of respect for a person especially regarding wisdom and knowledge, "Oom" is used..........I use it in that context.:):)

P.S. African English wouldn't help, I need Kindergarten English:p:cool:

[Gus Cobos]

Uncle Gus,
This is superb. I like the capture, image and composition. The background colors are very nice. The details are very sharp and the vibrant colors of your bird makes him stand out...good show...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

It must be nice to have such colorful visitors. Excellent as always !! Very sharp and you have a nice framing

[Alfred Forns]

A little head turn would have made a difference Gus !! Very fine image !!!

[Nonda Surratt]

I miss ours already! Love the color and the detail, agree on just a bit of head tilt, wonderful image!!!

[Phil Ertel]

Such great colors. Sharp details. Alfred covered my other comment. Very Nice!

Regards,

Phil

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great capture Uncle Gus, you have a well exposed and sharp image.
Regards,