Hummers in Action

[Wheeler McDougal Jr.]

Always in August around the Mid-west the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds become extremely active as they protect their feeders. I got up at sunrise and photographed a bunch of hummers fighting over our feeders. I was especially happy with this image of a especially agressive male. This was taken without benefit of fill flash and I am very interested in your opinions of the quality. Thanks for your thoughts. I don't know where the BG pixilation came from, must be in the conversion to JPG, sorry.
Nikon D3
2009:08:15 07:25:07
200-400mm @ 400mm
400mm (in 35mm film)
1/400 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Spot
ISO: 1600
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: SUNNY
Flash: Off
File size: 13.8MB
Image size: 4288 x 2844
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal

[Jim Buescher]

Your image is posted at only 32kb, you can go to 200kb. It looks like the image has potential once resized properly but at ISO 1600 and only 1/400SS, you will need some good PP skills to get acceptable IQ.

[BillTyler]

Your image is posted at only 32mb, you can go to 200mb. It looks like the image has potential once resized properly but at ISO 1600 and only 1/400SS, you will need some good PP skills to get acceptable IQ.

I think you mean KB, not MB.

Bill

[arash_hazeghi]

I agree, it's a good photo but it is heavily compressed so we can't see the details :( Please repost with high quality JPEG settings :)

[Jim Buescher]

I think you mean KB, not MB.

Bill

OOPS, my bad. :o Thanks, the post has been corrected.

[Wheeler McDougal Jr.]

This is the repost that others requested. Thanks for the help.