# Mrs. Anna

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mrs-anna/41649>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [June 10, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mrs-anna/41649 "2024-06-10T21:35:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mrs-anna/41649/1 "2024-06-10T21:35:16Z")

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![ANNA'S.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/a/4/a44af127c8d40a7ba4416058479df29ad09c1d11.jpeg)

> **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_
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> The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

### Description

I’ve been waiting for our Cleveland sage bushes to bloom, and so have the hummingbirds. They finally blossomed and here’s a moment I got of a female anna’s partaking in the midmorning sun with our shaded wall in the background.

### Specific Feedback

I thought the little bit of OOF background clutter didn’t hurt anything so I left it in. Cropping okay?

### Technical Details

Z9, 18-0-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/3200th, f 9.0, 630mm, ISO 14400, cropped to 2411 x 1896

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**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mrs-anna/41649/2 "2024-06-11T02:56:16Z")

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good pose and wing position,good composition. the only thing I would do differently is perhaps get rid of some of the glare on the head of the bird.

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**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mrs-anna/41649/3 "2024-06-11T07:10:06Z")

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Nice catch Dave. Really like the pose on the bird with outstretched wings in back and her getting into the flower. The BG elements do help give a sense of place and depth. Wishing for an eye catchlight. Wonder what toning down the highlights on the bird and flower would do. A fine capture.

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mrs-anna/41649/4 "2024-06-11T14:51:53Z")

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The top of the head is nice and sharp and I like the wing position, Dave. Given the sharpness of the head and the flower, I find the out of focus plants rather distracting and they look pretty easy to remove.