Juvi Rufous on Red Hot Poker

[dankearl]

Rufous just pass through here, are not year around, so I was happy to get
this midday sun shot (unfortunately) in a friends yard.
I liked the Tail, I don't them fanned very often.
1/1250
f6.3
iso500
600mm

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[Jeff Cashdollar]

First of all, for a Humming Bird picture in a friends yard you did well. Like the vert framing and the tail fan is a plus. Wish the tail feathers were not in a shadow. Usual stuff,..background is a bit busy,..HA slightly angled away from the lens and could be sharper. Could you have swapped some aperture for faster shutter. These guys are difficult to nail, keep at it.

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Dan, nice action capture of the always fascinating rufous hummingbird. We have one that lives year-round in my backyard and others that are seasonal. They are fierce defenders of the feeders and our year-round one knows what the camera is...

It is nice to catch the tail like that, I would lighten that area a bit as it is pretty dark. I think you could also do a bit more sharpening on just the bird. A little bit of head turn would be nice... Good catch!

[John Chardine]

Good comments from everyone. I see some motion blur in the bird (note the shape of the catchlight in the eye) which is hard to correct with sharpening. I like the flower and the BG but the bird needs to be sharper and will a better head angle for the image to jump out at you.