Juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbird

[Joseph Przybyla]

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D500
• 500.0 mm f/5.6
• ƒ/5.6
• 500mm
• 1/4000s
• ISO 1000
• JOSEPH J PRZYBYLA
• Fri, 25 June 2021 1:58 PM
• COPYRIGHT 2020 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.3 (Windows)

I captured this image at a bush in my backyard in June 2021. Although the bush was hit hard by a freeze last winter it is recovering, and I am looking forward to hummingbirds return this year. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF, Handheld
1/4000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1000 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic
Crop was large due to the size of the bird

 

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hoi Joe .. oh i am gonna love Hummingbirds and I would like to photograph them one day .

Love flight pose of the little bugger , pleasing BG and nice color tone combo ... sharp where it counts . Not much more to ask for .

TFS Andreas

 

[Dorian Anderson]

Getting hummers in flight is really tough, so I think you did as well as you could have given the lack of direct illumination. Body is nice and sharp, but I wish the wings were either fully forward or fully back. I would recommend using a 4x5 instead of a 2x3 crop as there is too much empty space above and below the bird.

 

[Jonathan Ashton]

Spot on Jo , colours exposure detail - super shot.

 

[Kurt Bowman]

Nice flight image Joe. I too wish the wings were back or forward, but not sure if you have those frames or not? Good complimentary BG color Nicely done!

 

[Arthur Morris]

Not bad. As above. What type of bus?

with love, artie

 

[Joseph Przybyla]

Not bad. As above. What type of bus?

with love, artie

Hi Artie, it was a Florida Fire Bush (Hamelia patens)

 

[Daniel Cadieux]

A bit more crop from below, even if that means losing a portion of the greens below, would be great IMO. Otherwise, solid image. I kinda like the wing position, implying hovering in place.