White Necked Jacobin

[Keith Bauer]

One of the hummers from Costa Rica. This is the male White-Necked Jacobin. From this angle, clear to see why. From the front, you'd never know why.

The heads on these guys are pretty dark. I liked this exposure as it showed off the beautiful back and the iridescence of the head.

Canon 50D
500mm f/4 with 1/4x TC
ISO 500
1/200 @ f/5.6
580EX flash @ -1 2/3

Noise Reduction applied to the background

[Harshad Barve]

what a species and what a riot of colors here
lovely pose and killer BG , techs looks good here
TFS

[Paul Randall]

Perfect flash work and colours are awesome in this image. BG still needs a bit of noise repair though.
Well done Keith:)

[Stu Bowie]

Great flashwork, and I like the iridesence. Turning his head slightly more towards you would have helped.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Keith!
I love the pose and perch and irridescence as presented and you have done a fine job with the exposure. I too see some noise in the BG but it does not unduly bother me.
Happy memories!!
Best,
Nicki

[Dan Brown]

A real beauty Keith! Wish we were standing there now! I'm seeing the noise in bg also, easily fixed I'm sure.

[Doug Brown]

Looks like a shot at the Forest Feeders at Naturalista. Looking forward to getting back there in April, as I'm sure you are. Beautiful iridescence and sharpness. As mentioned above, a slight head turn would have been nice.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very pretty one Keith.

Love this species as well. As mentioned above the head could be turned towards you a bit more but it doesn't bother me that much. BG noise has been mentioned too. Hope you can come next year.

[James Salywoda]

A real beauty of a bird I really love them colors the noise is the only issue but an easy fix. Well Done!

[Glenda Simmons]

Well done. Beautiful Hummer. You showed off his many colors, well. I'm saving my money...Costa Rica, is where I want to go!