Two For the Price of One

[Doug Brown]

From Costa Rica, a pair of Green-Crowned Brilliant Hummingbirds. This image was captured near Bosque de Paz, at a location with tons of beautiful flowers and lots of hummingbirds. You can't miss with that combination!



Canon 1D Mark IV, 70-200mm f/4 + 1.4x @ 202mm, f/16, 1/200, ISO 250, multiple flashes, tripod

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the interaction in this one. I also like the clean BG and flowers. A real beauty Doug!

[Ivan Sjögren]

Nice eye contact, bg and details.
Your right with flowers and hummers together you can't miss ;)

[Tony Whitehead]

Great interaction, Doug. Maybe just a touch more room above as to my eye there is no room for the top bird to sit up on the perch so looks cramped.

[Jory Griesman]

Nice interaction. Kind of reminds me of The Brady Bunch opening theme or Hollywood Squares.
Agree, re: more room at the top.

[Morkel Erasmus]

gorgeous double and very arty presentation Doug! a little room top and bottom would enhance this

[Lance Peters]

Hi Doug - love this - so well balanced - IMHO.
One up - One Down - Flowers Left - Flowers right.
A tad tight maybe - but different and Like it!!!!!!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Superb image - love the colours and the interaction, I think possibly just a little tight in the frame.

[Stephen Earle]

The image tells a nice story and works for me. I agree on abit more space on top.

[Craig Brelsford]

Very very fine. That pretty greenish background could easily be extended for a little more space at top and bottom.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the input everyone. I cropped the way I did to eliminate something in the ULC without resorting to cloning. I was curious to see if it worked for people. Appreciate the honest opinions!

[Glenda Simmons]

Oh My.....You sure did not miss on this one! I wonder what these birds were thinking? You could have fun with story lines on this one. A very intriging image of hummingbird behavior. Thanks for sharing this fine image! :)

[Alan Murphy]

Hey Doug, a great image. The head positions give this a strong emotional feel. My small nit is the perches. They look like they grow upright, and look a bit odd horizontal. All these years looking at your great work, I finally find a nit ;-)

[Greg Basco]

Hi, Doug. I remember this one and how lucky you were to get these two in the frame. Alan, I thought I would comment since I was with Doug when he took this, and you are correct that we did force the branches a bit into the position we wanted for the image composition. Some stems grow more upright, but others do hang horizontal where the birds would come from underneath. By the way, this is a cloud forest shrub in the Ericaceae (blueberry/cranberry) family

Cheers,
Greg

[Michael Zajac]

Great capture and exposure.I love both birds looking at each other well done.