Just practicing!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hi every one. These have been intense days and I've been practicing some hummer photography, sure, is nothing like Linda Robins but at least it keeps me busy.

f/9
1/640sec
ISO 400
Tripod
little crop for compo.

By the way, this is a Volcano Hummingbird female.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice details, eye contact and BG. I like the relaxed mood. I thought this was an immature ruby-throat and didn't even know of this species. I would put him a bit higher in the frame so the perch doesn't end in the corner.

[Alfred Forns]

Agree with Axel and can suggest a slight twist of the head !!! Particularly like the feel Excellent image Juan Carlos Vale !!!

[Juan Aragonés]

Agree with Axel. Very good job on the file procesing and very good bird´s pose. Feliz año 2009 Juan Carlos :-)

[Tony Whitehead]

Beautiful feather details and colours, BG works well - well done with the aperture choice to achieve this. Agree with crop suggestion.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the comp as is. I like the bird placed lower like you have...the bill pointing up makes the top empty space look great and well balanced. fantastic BG. All-in-all beautiful in its' simplicity :-)

[Glenn Bartley]

I think this is FANTASTIC! The color tones and diagonal perch really work for me. Don't sell yourself short...I preffer this image to many I have seen posted here. Great job!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Very nice pose and fantastic bg`s color!!!

[Doug Brown]

Great perch, and I like the way the bird is looking up the perch. Exposure looks good. Sharpness is good, but I might back off on it a little. Overall one of my favorite images that you've submitted!

[titus.ebbecke]

Great pictures. I like the pose and the details.
It also belongs to my favorites.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Thank you all guys for your positive input!
I will try to prepare another similar image including some of the suggestions mentioned.
Happy and prosperous 2009.

[Art Kornienko]

Very nice practice Juan, the sharpness is good but agree with Doug, maybe back it off a bit and I tend to agree with the crop suggestions, the lighting, bg and colours are super.

[Doug Brown]

Hi Juan. I meant earlier that the image looks slightly oversharpened, particularly on the breast. Sorry about the confusion.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I see what you mean and thank you so much for the clarification.