After having enjoyed reading this thread, i exchanged some emails with Artie about HA's when photographing hummingbirds. The attached photo shows three different HA's for the same copper-rumped hummingbird photographed last month in Trinidad. They were all taken at the same camera settings, have not had any "final processing" in PS and are only intended for discussion of their HA's. "A" is rotated a few degrees towards the viewer, "B" is at about 45 degrees to the viewer, and "C" is almost directly/90 degrees towards the viewer. Is there a preferred HA, which would you keep or delete?
I am not sure if I responded to this one but here goes anyway: Iin A, I disagree with Peter as as I see it, the bird's head is angled about 1 degree away from the viewer. For me, this is an insta-delete for poor head angle. In B, the bird's head is turned about 8 degrees towards us. Please note that 8 degrees is a lot less than 45 degrees