Long tailed sylph

[libertus]

Name: aglaiocercus kingi .
Rio Blanco Manizales- Colombia
Canon 20 D
Lens canon 100-400
ISO 800, 1/400, f8.0

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great bird and BG. The angle and wing position are not ideal since the perch covers part of the tail and too bad about the clipped wing.

[Glenn Bartley]

Love the BG and dynamic pose. But the clipped wing kills this one for me :(

[Jody Melanson]

Agree with the others....

[Linda Robbins]

I like the clean soft green bg you had and the arch of the perch. You captured the moment before the bird was ready to take off. (Hummingbirds do not push off a perch....they beat their wings full speed and just lift off.) The face and body are sharp and you have a good head angle. So there are a lot of good elements in this image....you were just too close so the wing is clipped and the bird is a little tight in the frame. One or two steps back and one or two steps to the left were all you needed. Look forward to seeing more of your images.

[John Cooper]

A nice pose and head angle here Libertus - head and body nice and sharp and I like the BG and curved perch - pity about clipped wing though.