Booted Racket-tail Hummingbird

[Glenn Bartley]

This is a male Booted Racket-tail hummingbird from the northwest of Ecuador...

Camera Model: Canon EOS 50D
Shutter speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Flash: On - multiflash technique
ISO: 200
Focal length: 300mm

[Lorant Voros]

Wow...what a beauty....such a nice bird...

Very nice pose, nice DOF that surprises me at F:7.1; I'd think it needs more. Nice flower and BG too. How many flashes did you use?

[Keith Bauer]

A truly beautiful hummingbird. Love the pose and wing position you captured. The front leaf competes a bit with the hummer. Thanks for sharing this beautiful species and wonderful shot.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I wouldn't change a thing, lovely pose, light, BG, composition, colors, detail, DOF and species. Huge congratulations!

[denise ippolito]

Glenn, Beautiful Hummingbird. I like the wing position and the details are great. Love the composition, maybe just a tiny tiny bit more room on top.Very well done!

[Dave Barnes]

This bird has some tail. IMHO the bird blends in to be BG and the bright red berries dominate the image. And ditto Keith on the leaves.
The bird is sharp, well lit and exposed. It is such a pity that it tends to become secondary in the image.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful, the tail really sets this photo apart. Wish to see this 1024 pixels wide.

[Melvin Grey]

Excellent use of multi-flash giving a very natural looking result but still showing the iridiscent plumage details.

[Michael Zajac]

Really nice Hummer shot. I like the tail and the lighting-Great job.

[Harshad Barve]

I would not change any thing , lovely BG , compo , colors and details
TFS