Ruby Throated hummingbird taken in my backyard. Quite the challenge to take these little guys picture and this is probably the best I've gotten yet. I know that this might suffer b/c hummingbirds are overdone and people might think this is unoriginal but I love it.
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CONGRATULATION ON new PB!! Well deserved as this is the most challenging little rascal to capture and agree they are usually overdone in the processing.. This one is PERFECT:)..
hey trevor .. congratulations on a brilliant photograph .. talk about being in the right place at the right time .. congratulations on your pb and a wonderful place in the challenge ..
i'm just looking thru the challenge right now coz i got a pb myself !!! ... shawn got a pb, you got a pb, i got a pb and now i'll just look a bit further to see who else got a pb !!!!! :)
Good clean capture. Very nice detail on the head and body. I may have pimped the colors out a bit more - but thats just me. Whats tough about this is that even being such a clean capture it doesnt really stand out as memorable against some past high rated hummingbird images. It is what it is - a very nice pic.
Excellent capture of this hummingbird. Detail is amazing. I would have liked to see the red and green boosted a bit but could not give this less than a 10!
Excellent sharpness and detail! A 9 from me. The one thing that would make it better would be if there was something other than the hummingbird in the shot, just to provide a little bit of context.
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