Arizona Hummingbird. Canon 1N, Canon 300mm/F4.0, 12mm and 25mm extension tubes, 2X teleconverter,Flash F22 at 1/250th sec. sync speed. Gold reflector.

-- Adam Rodriguez (rrodri9440@aol.com), December 26, 1998

Answers

Adam,

I would like to see a little of the branch on the other side of the bird. The little gray strip on the left of the bird is out of place. Because, little small nitpicking stuff aside now, it's a beautiful, remarkable photo. I like the colors you achieved, it seems to have everything else just right.

My first thought was, How did he ever get the bird to hold that pose? With all of that stuff on the camera what is the distance between the bird and the camera?

Cool, Ben

-- Ben Lanterman (benl@anet-stl.com), December 26, 1998.

The bird was about 3-5 feet away from me and it just stood there while I git it with the flash..Just waited for it to turn its head, and snapped the shutter...

Adam

-- Adam Rodriquez (rrodri9440@aol.com), December 26, 1998.

The only thing that bothers me is the dark green color behind the beak blends with the beak too much - would have stood out more against the lighter greens. However, this is a small criticism on what is a remarkable photo. I wish birds around here would sit still like that.

-- dan woodlief (dwoodlief@carolina.com), December 28, 1998.