Black-chinned Hummingbird

[Matthew Studebaker]

Green Valley, AZ | July 2, 7:32am |
Canon Rebel XTi | Canon 500mm f4 IS | 1/3200 f4 | ISO 200

Here's one of my favorites from Arizona last year. I love the flowers matching the bird's purple throat or "gorget". This is the most common species of the area follow closely by my personal favorite - the Broad-billed Hummingbird.

[Jim Poor]

Oh how I miss the hummers of AZ! This is really nice.

I wonder if loosing the leaf in the lower right corner would clean it up a little or throw it off balance.

[Alfred Forns]

It is a stunner Matthew !!!! Love seeing them in their natural setting !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Thonnaksar NOP]

Impressive capture and gorgeous composition !
Excellent DOF control !!!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Have seen this before, and love it still. Nice inclusion of the flowers and good positioning of the bird. Sweet!

[Philip Pietri]

This is so much more than a mere 'bird photograph'. This is a work of art. Excellent job and thanks for sharing.

[peter delaney]

lovely shot...well executed...would love to hear more about your PS work ..crop etc....agree with jim about leaf...it does distract the eye a bit ...its one of those things should you incude more of it or take it out...never the less it still is a wonderful image ..wll done!

[Grace Scalzo]

A fine piece of art here.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Big congrats,no nits from me!

[Mike Wilson]

There's a keeper. Love the bright look to this one.

[Kaushik Balakumar]

liked everything about this image - its composition, the subject & objects u have included in the frame & its exposure.

TFS.

rgds,
Kaushik

[Blake Shadle]

Very well done, Matthew. Outstanding image design. Making this image with natural light and managing to capture the iridescence of this hummer's gorget is pretty special.