Rufous Backside

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I loved the color in the feathers along the back of this hummingbird. I usually work at getting the bird looking towards me, but I wonder if sometimes the backside is the interesting side. I did remove a small twig in the lower part of the frame because it was perfectly sharp and pulled your eye towards it.

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Does this “pose” work?

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OM System OM-1 Mark II
Olympus 300mm f4.0
1/1000 sec @ f4.0 ISO 2500

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Nothing like a blackberry thicket for a background, Greg, but the birds love them. I think you did a fine job of handling that background, though you might look at toning down the brighter cane that crosses the upper right corner. Detail in the hummingbird is outstanding. I like the pose and the backside view with the eye showing. The way the body and beak of the bird line up with the two framing blackberry canes works nicely.

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Nice view of the backside with a bit of visible eye. The pose works for me but of course more of a backwards glance from the bird would have been ideal. While the BG is busy, I like seeing the bird amongst the thorns.

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The pose works nicely to show off the excellent detail you have in the back feathers. A typical setting for birds in my neck of the woods; somehow they avoid being impaled by the thorns.

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