Sometimes it is easy to forget how small these birds are and what their life must be like.
An Anna on a natural perch, no flash, no anything, natural light, taken while photographing other birds.
A self critique, the focus was on the body, I sharpened the head a bit, other soft focus spots,
I cannot explain, except it is a hummingbird!
Removed a branch. I have never seen one this scruffy looking.
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WOW!! beautiful shot, sharp with a wonderful pose.
I agree with Gary, could do with a little more room top and left and reducing the amount of room on the right, giving more room for the hummer to look into.
Interesting pose. EXP and SH good. The bird may have just finished a bath but otherwise does not look unduly scruffy to me.
I have no clue as to why you placed the bird so far forward in the frame. As I say and write often, nobody gives a rat's a _ _ what is going on behind the bird....
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Alas, just trying to get a "bird on a stick", look.
Here is a bigger crop with the bird to the right and some other foliage which I had cropped out.
Probably a mistake, thanks for the comments.