White-bellied Mountain-gem

[Jim Crosswell]

Canon 40D
100-400L
310mm
ISO 500
f/6.3
1/50s
tripod

In past years this hummingbird frequented the feeders more regularly. This year he would only come in the morning or after 5pm. This is the only hummingbird who would fight with the Violet Sabrewing (Violent Sabrewing). Everytime he comes into the feeder he makes a trumpet type sound. This is taken at the finca in Costa Rica. I will try to get a better image next year. All C&Cs welcome.

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Jim, I like the angle of pose, and also how he follows the perch. Im not familiar with all the different species of HB's, but on this site Ive seen a fair variety. I really like the many different greens in the iridescence, together with the purple throat.

[Scott Frye]

Gorgeous colors and I like the presentation -- background complements the colors in the hummer

[Jean Chang]

Hi Jim,

Nicely done! I love the diagonal composition, HA, and BG. Exposure looks great. I'm struggling to find anything for improvement. I guess maybe stopping down a bit might have made the wings less soft, but it looks like you were already at a pretty low shutter speed as is. It looks remarkably good for 1/50!

[Dave Hassell]

I like this a lot. The smooth background concentrates the attention on to the bird and the angle of the perch is parallel to the bird and is therefore hardly noticeable. I would have liked just a little more DOF to bring the wings, tail and back of the bird into focus. The HA police will be pleased.
Thanks,
Dave.

[Luis Villablanca]

I like the colors and pose. I would just add some color NR to bring down the noise on the wing.

[Raymond Barlow]

Excellent Jim, the light is sweet, and glad you didn't use a flash.

[Glenn Bartley]

You cleaned up down there Jim. Another beauty!