Marveleus Spatuletail

[Alfredo Fernández]

Finally i was able to do a trip to photograph the most beautiful hummingbird, the marveleus spatuletail.
It was really hard to find, and only showed once in a full week, at around 6.40pm (almost completly dark).
Is not the best image, but i really like this one.



D300s ISO High 1 70-300VR @270mm F5.6 1/10sec (it was really dark). Sb600 @1/2
manual exposure

PP. lots of noise reduction. i know the image is soft. but i really like it.

Hope to hear your critiques.

Cheers,

Alfredo

[Mark Young]

Very nicely done considering the very low SS.

[Dave Leroy]

Wow. What an interesting looking bird, and good for you to finally get it.

I think image may be improved by selective removal of some of the high light sticks and leaves.

Pose is perfect to show off the tail.

Dave

[Tim Munsey]

Wow, what a lovely bird, thanks for sharing.

Tim

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wow, that is a wonderful species of hummingbird!! At first glance I thought it was too small in the frame...until I got glimpse of the incredible tail:eek:

I find the flashed look quite strong, and pity the bird gets lost in the BG. Perhaps a bit more TLC in post can give the image a bit more of a boost.

It must have been a thrill to see this one....

[Alfredo Fernández]

Thank you guys for the replies.
Daniel, sorry but i dont know what TLC is, could you please help me?
Thanks