Green-Breasted Mango

[Doug Brown]

Another hummingbird from Costa Rica. This time a Green-Breasted Mango male. I did a little flower repair in CS5.



Canon 7D, 70-200mm f/4 @ 280mm, f/18, 1/200, ISO 200, multiple flashes (4), tripod

[denise ippolito]

Doug, This is spectacular. The pose and the fanned tail feathers with their beautiful colors makes this a winner.

[Connie Mier]

Love the composition and colors, the tail feathers are a bonus.

[Greg Basco]

Doug, the light looks good, and I like the composition a lot. I love the pose with that puffed-out chest; who says pollinating flowers isn't manly work?

Cheers,
Greg

PS -- Good job on the flower repair. I remember that top bud had a little insect damage but you sure can't tell here.

[Bryan Erb]

Nice image, I really like the wing position, and eye contact here. I can't find the flower repair, nice work!!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Oh Doug this is pretty darn nice!! I love the iridescence (especially the blue tail feathers), and the flower looks great too.

[Gary Esman]

Ok, you convinced me. I pick my 7d tomorrow! awesome shot,

[Don Lacy]

Hi Doug, Nice vibrant color both on the Hummer and flower and you got to love the fanned tail.

[Markus Jais]

Beautiful angle, great flower and perfect wing pose.

Markus

[Harshad Barve]

This is picture perfect Doug
TFS

[Peter Hawrylyshyn]

DOug
Everything worked here - nicely done.

[Phil Seu]

beautiful colors, pose and sharpness. I would personally prefer a slightly more uniform BG

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, your comp works well, and I like the angle of hover here. Lovely colours throughout the HB, especially on the fanned tail. ( is that the effect from the flash in that area? ) How do you find CS5 and any major improvements apart from the content aware scale?

[Doug Brown]

Hi Doug, your comp works well, and I like the angle of hover here. Lovely colours throughout the HB, especially on the fanned tail. ( is that the effect from the flash in that area? ) How do you find CS5 and any major improvements apart from the content aware scale?

Hi Stuart. The tail feathers don't look any different due to the flash. CS5 is a substantial improvement from a memory usage standpoint on the Mac. The features aren't a major upgrade with regard to my workflow. And my two most used plug-ins do not have 64 bit versions available for the Mac.

[Doug Brown]

Here's the unedited flower.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks Doug.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Doug! I like the fanned out tail and puffed out chest.