Rufous Hummingbird raspberry

[Bruce Enns]

This is the RUfous Hummingbird male that has taken control of one of the feeders in my yard. He displaced a male Calliope Hummingbird that was king for the last few weeks. He obviously didn't think much of my photographic efforts this morning...what do you think?

Canon 50D, 500 f/4 with 1.4x, ISO 400, 1/800s f/5.6 EC+0, tripod, BWG-HD MkII gimbal head, no flash

Comments and critiques are much appreciated, and thanks for looking!

Cheers!
Bruce

[Mike Tracy]

I think it needs a reduction in contrast, sat, burn the branch some and remove the noise from the background and you will have a stronger image. More dof to have the tail in focus would have been nice too.

I like the tongue, head angle and posture.

[Bruce Enns]

Thanks Mike! Here's a repost...obviously I can't do anything with the DOF at this point.

Cheers!
Bruce

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool to see the tongue, the repost looks much better. I like the details and head angle and might even out the BG in the upper left.

[Kobus Tollig]

Super bird. Great repost. Great comp and exposure with super BG. Ditto Dof but still works great

[Stu Bowie]

Brilliant detail and colours on the hummingbird, especially around his neck. Well timed to capture the tongue.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Wonderfull little guy, great light, sutnning textures, pose, colors, perch, BG and comp. Congratulations!

[Bruce Enns]

Thank-you Axel, Kobus, Stuart and Ramon! I really enjoy these little guys and hopefully next spring/summer I will doing high-speed in flight images of them following the guidance in Linda Robbins book.

Cheers!
Bruce

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Hi dive buddy! ;)

I like the repost. the tongue is the killer for me! In a good way mate, love it. BG great as is sharpness.