Unbelievable colors here. I do think the green on the forehead, and a little of the blue on the wing is blown. When I checked it in NX2, both of those areas showed as overexposed. I desatted the image just a couple of points, and the blinkies went away. I suspect there is more detail to be had as well.
Thanks for sharing this great looking bird. I do agree with Axel that a different pose might show to even greater advantage.
Oh Charles, those glowing marvellous colors! I love this bird indeed. I have to agree that a more side-on angle would enable us to appreciate its beautiful being more. I would love to see one with the bill! THanks for posting.
Beautiful looking bird here Charles. I might have gone with F6.3 to bring more of hte bird in focus but I'd still be happy to have added this to my collection.
Charles -
A lovely HB . Looks like you were in a catch-22. To get the beautiful irridescence of forehead and gorget - a face portrait is often the best way , but then you'll encounter DOF limitations with a 600mm lens at 5.6 - not to mention looks like you were in very dark conditions. Less flash would probably have helped preserve detail/colors of forehead.
I qould also perhaps crop off some of the OOF branch (especially on left side).
Still nicely done and thanks for sharing.
PH
As most people know here using single flash as opposed to multiple flashes there are great limitations in showing irridescent colors of hummingbirds. When this bird turns and I am using a single flash you will lose irredesence color-not necessarily all but a good bit. I will try to post this bird later turned with single flash and will see the difference. Certainly multiple flashes are better to show irredescence consistently
but still can take nice images with single flash setup. If you are going to these areas with one flash dont hesitate to shoot.
Anyway Ecuador is a treasure for hummers.
Chas.