Anna's Hummingbird Contest Win

[Aidan Briggs]

I know I posted this image last spring, but I wanted to share it again because it recently won second place in the flora category (somehow it got placed in the wrong category) of a local contest. Nothing big, but there were 750 entries, and I got a cash prize and a publication.

These bleeding hearts were selected from a local nursery to create a vertical composition. I placed them below the feeder then removed the feeder.

50D, 100-400 at 360
1/1250, f/5.6, ISO 320
Tripod, Small crop, NO flash

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations on the contest win, I like the simple design and eye contact. What is the white fluff on the bill or is this some kind of liquid?

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely image! I can see why it won an award. I especially like the natural light in here.

[denise ippolito]

Aidan, Beautiful! Congratulations on the win!!Beautiful BG colors and composition. The bleeding hearts are very nice and accented well by the hummer!;)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Congratulations. One heck of an image.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks everybody.

Axel, that fluff is actually thread from my fraying basketball hoop. (I hang the feeder from the rim) This female was picking at for a while before she came to the flowers. I assume it is for nesting material.

[Phil Ertel]

Congratulations Aidan! I love the bird, natural light, flowers, and background. Well done and deserved.

[Rohan Kamath]

what a beautiful freeze... very well thought of and executed image here...The BG works nicely in this setup...

-Cheers,
Rohan
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[Daniel Cadieux]

Congratulations on a well deserved award Aidan! An all around well planned image :-)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Congratulations Aidan. I missed your first post. Love the flower and BG, very nice action of the hummer and great wing position. Way to go.

[Suzanne Huot]

Congratulations on this awesome image

[Stu Bowie]

Congrats Aidan, and a great choice for a winner. How is that hovering angle from the HB. Must have a sore neck after all the feeding.

[Tony Whitehead]

Congratulations, Aidan. Well done.

[Danny Laredo]

Congrats on the win Aidan. Well deserved image.

[David Fletcher]

Congratulations Aiden on your win and fine shot. WD!

[Kiran Poonacha]

killer one bhai, superb setting and that pose is to dye for.. congrats..

[arash_hazeghi]

Terrific pose Aidan you nailed it here.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks everyone for the comments!!