Beautiful shot. The array of reds and oranges is really wonderful and the detail you captured on the bird's feathers is great without being oversharpened.
Wow! Great image and so sharp and clean for 800 ISO. Looks like maybe you used fill flash? Would love to hear the details of how you set this up and then how you precessed it.
Very, very nice! I have been trying for the last week to capture a crisp image like this of a Ruby that visits our feeder. Knowing how difficult a task this is only adds to the appreciation (and envy)! I agree with Jutilda though, crop out more of the top. Scroll the image up on your screen and check it out.
I think I bruised my chin when my jaw hit the floor. It'll heal, but this image goes STRAIGHT into my favorites, and would have been an 8+ final score in Birds. Yowsa!