My first Hummer scored 6.3. Looking back, it is over-saturated and I used too slow a shutter speed. I also have a better lens now (-: I hope this one does as well as my first Hummer. Trying to get back in the sixes again.
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The background is too blurred. Half the throat of the bird is hidden. Can't see the left claws of the bird properly and there are reflections in the nectar dispenser!
Just kidding about the above, I think it's a stunning shot. The wings have just the perfect motion blur in them.
This is a good photo. You captured the hummingbird in very good focus and with the shutter speed you really froze her. I think you may have gone a little overboard with the sharpening; there's a thick black line around your feeder and the hummingbird and it reduces the realism of the photo a bit. I'm sure some would be bothered by the inclusion of the feeder, but in another frame of mind, it gives the image a place of connection. There's a purpose and a motive in the photo which is always nice. I think the photo needs a boost in saturation, the colors are leaning towards the gray side.
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