Taking a sun bath...

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Fiery-throated hummingbird

Canon 30D
Canon 35-350@350mm
AV
f/6.3
ISO 400
1/800sec
Tripod
Natural morning light

[rquesada]

Hola Juan Carlos,

Que linda foto. Me encanta el detalle, la iluminación que destaca los colores del plumaje y la simpleza del fondo que aisla el ave. Felicitaciones.

Beautiful picture. I love the detail, the lightning brings out the colors and the simplicity of the background which isolates the bird.

Regards,

Roberto

[Ramon M. Casares]

Just outstanding! LOve the light, pose, detail, bg and perch! Terrific bird! Congratulations Juan!

[Maxis Gamez]

Hola Carlos,

Que colores tan fantasticos! The perch looks a little bright to my taste bu that's about it for me. Excellent eye contact as well!

[Robert O'Toole]

sharp, super colors, the comp is great and beautiful Bg. Congrats!

Agreed the perch is bright.

Robert

[Melvin Grey]

Yes the branch is 'bright' but that can easily be rectified in PS. Lovely soft morning light brings out the irridiscent colours beautifully - very good use of depth of field has also given a great out of focus, graduated BG. - or is it an artificial BG? Either way it works really well.

Melvin

[Stu Bowie]

The light has brought out the colours in this excellently. Great comp and pose captured here.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, I like the colors, iridescence, eye contact and BG. The bright perch has been mentioned.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Yes the branch is 'bright' but that can easily be rectified in PS. Lovely soft morning light brings out the irridiscent colours beautifully - very good use of depth of field has also given a great out of focus, graduated BG. - or is it an artificial BG? Either way it works really well.

Melvin

In fact that is the natural color of the BG, may be in the future I will be practicing with ''painted'' BGs. Thanks for your input.

[christopher galeski]

stick to natural BGs,nice image great colours,brightens up adull day here in the northwest of england.thanks.

[Juan Aragonés]

Superb job here Juan Carlos, the iridescent colorus of this guy are outstanding. Love the eye and the complimentary, soft, BG. Muy buena!

[Greg Basco]

Hola, Juan Carlos. Nice shot of this beauty. The light is a bit harsh, but I know that can be hard to avoid here once the sun comes up. I would stick to natural backgrounds for this type of shot and just really be careful in adjusting your shooting angle to get the background you want. The painted backgrounds or other artificial backgrounds are really only necessary when doing hummingbirds at multi-flash setups.

Saludos,
Greg