No flowers, Rufous Hummingbird ("Selasphorus hummers")

No flowers, Rufous Hummingbird ("Selasphorus hummers")

Nice ! 6/6

Hector,

 

First, thanks for your nice comments on many of my pictures.

 

Second, I like this picture very much and the only thing I would try to do differently here is I would use some fill flash to compress dynamic range. You know how fickle those digital highlights are. The same would have applied to slide film too, even print film. In order to illustrate what I am talking about, here is a sample shot I took of a Rufous here in Erie, PA (a very rare occasion). I used Kodak Portra 400UC and fill flash at -1.0 compensation. I use an Elan 7NE.

 

Third, I have to admit that you have one of the most impressive bird portfolios on this website and my comment is just another idea: you shoot well enough already.

Fatal (envidia cochina) 7/7

Toda una belleza hecha leccion. Un abrazo, Hector.

Toda una belleza y composicion en vuelo,,, eres el King, Rey de las aves en vuelo,,,, el que manda en los picaflores....belleza total 7/7... un abrazo.

Una maravilla, el cazador de vuelos imposibles ha vuelto actuar. Excelente trabajo.

Felices fiestas y que el 2005 sea pr�spero para ti y tus seres queridos.

Great as always!7/6

I love your photography, the way you capture the humming birds make them look so beautiful, they have a jewel like quality to them. To me the saturation, hue and contrast are perfect. I come back from time to time to study them for their technique. Thank you for sharing your vision on PN

 

Don

 

Another winning capture, Hector!

Hola Hector una toma genial, tuis picaflores nos tienen maravillados. Como siempre un gran trabajo. Un abrazo Paco.

this is a superb capture Hector,

Congrats.

FELIZ NAVIDAD ,,,,MAESTRO,,,, UN ABRAZO ,,,

What is there to say - Exelent!

Wow! Inmaculada concepcion.

Beautiful, clean and amazing!!!

 

7/7, allon.

Una foto verdaderamente espectacular gorrion.... feliz Navidad y un prospero 2005 para ti y toda tu familia, felicidades!!, tu amigo y hermano Angel.

Another extraordinary hummingbird amongst your many other excellent pictures. I wonder the degree to which the background is photoshopped -- if you've played around with it already, perhaps one could soften the blues in the left side corners and bring them more into balance with the muted greens, purples, yellows and blacks that fill up the rest of the frame. Or, if this is the original background, and you don't want to tinker with it, then by all means leave it alone. It's a great image in any event.

Great lighting, detail and DOF, as usual, Hector. Nice capture!

Another great shot of these birds. Perfect exposure and great use of DOF.

 

Nice work... 7/7

 

 

Best regards.

Beautiful as ever, Hector! Pnina

This it is the original background friend Travis, I never change them , if not they would'nt be nature photographs but a composition, and to me would not have the same value, greetings,Hector----- Merry christmas !!!!

Excellent shot...

You do seem to have an eye for such things! Great work.

Always excellent 7/7