Ready to Pounce

[Charlie VanTassel]

A couple of Rufous Hummingbirds going at it.

D700
500mm vr
1/1250 @ f9
iso 1000
no flash
Noise ninja on background

[Raymond Barlow]

wonderful image Charlie, just looked a little soft here, andI gave it a little extra sharpening., fantastic capture.

[Subharghya]

Fantastic Work !! The Action and the Interaction both are Amazing .. The contrasting BG makes the bird stand out so well ... Xcellent Job !!

And Yes .. the sharpened version looks a even better !

[Mital Patel]

agree with Subharghay. like the repost with more contrast boosted the details.

[Charlie VanTassel]

Thanks all! The original is quite sharp. Actually I was trying not to oversharpen, but somewhere between me and here some pixels must've escaped. Thanks for the Resharp, Ray!

[Doug Brown]

Nice action captured Charlie, and the repost is a nice improvement. What are the patches of blue around the tail feathers of both birds?

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great shot Charlie, loved the interacting pose and the space between the birds looks just right for the crop.. the sharpening sure adds... congrats...

[Stu Bowie]

Most of the guys post one HB, and you manage to capture two. Super interaction, against a smooth BG. The repost works well.

[Glenda Simmons]

Great behavior shot! I also noticed the little blue spots on the birds tail?

[David Fletcher]

Fabulous interaction. LIke Ray's repost too. Pretty cool shot Charlie.

[Charlie VanTassel]

Thanks everyone! The "blue" is actually the white tips of the tailfeathers that are in the shadows. Maybe they've got a bit of a blue cast.

[Arthur Morris]

Well done as noted above. Are these both young males?

[Keith Bauer]

Very nice action. You've done a great job capturing the detail. The slight sharpening on the repost helps.

[Charlie VanTassel]

Thanks again! Yes, Artie.... I believe that these are both young males.

[Harshad Barve]

Very nice action , repost works better
TFS

[Lorant Voros]

I can only join the comments. Lovely picture, nice repost. Love the interaction between the birds and the nice BG. Congrats.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Nice interaction captured here.

The green BG makes the birds to stand out.

[Dominic Cantin]

A very nice action image Charlie ! The addition of sharpness is well done. Thanks for the view !

Dom :)

[Simon Bennett]

Most interesting interaction.

[sree.kumar.h]

Perfect in all ways Charlie. Like it a lot.

Sree