Lophornis magnificus

This is a very nice image. The pose allows enough of a look at the head to make it work. I always like to catch them while they are not quite so buried in the flower, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way. My suggestions for this image would be to selectively tone down the reds in the flowers. Red seems to be a channel that digital easily gets too hot and loses detail. I would also tone down or clone out the leaves at the very bottom of the image. Lastly I would see about selectively brightening up the blacks in the head just a touch. All worth it for an excellent capture.

Except for the hot spots, nice catch!!

Great capture - agree with Keith on all his comments.
Grt, Ingrid.

This is a wonderful image with lots of detail and great colors. Well done

Wow Jefferson,
This is a cool shot of a pretty bird, well done.

Nice shot. I agree with Keith's processing suggestions. Would love to see the image reprocessed.

Hello Keith,
I really thank you for all your constructive comments. This was the main reason why I joinned this site. I've been able to learn a lot with the comments I've received. Thank you so much.

I've worked a bit in the image, hopefully this is better than the previous.

Thank you all for the comments.

Hi Jefferson:

I like the removal of the leaves at the bottom of the frame. I think that helped. Maybe not quite so far with the reds? Halfway from the first post to the second might feel OK. Nice work.

Cleanup on repost is nice...I would still like to see a little lightening of the dark part of the head. The comp and pose are very nice. Sharon

Nice, Jefferson. Don't know if it was the flash or bright sunlight, but the reds in the flowers are a bit overpowering for my taste.

A little bit more work on the red flower.

Nice details in the LP Jefferson, like that wings forward flight pose too.
Keith has made some great suggestions for improvement..
Very cool hummer species, thanx for posting this one!

Hi Jefferson:
I think the 3rd version is the best of the group. When I process really bright red flowers I will often desaturate the reds to bring them back in gamut with the other colors. Then if needed, I will decrease their luminance. (I'm doing this against the RAW file in LightRoom Develop). I think it tends to help. You have a fine image and I think the extra work processing made it even better.

Great shot, lovely smooth background

Oscar

What a unique and colorful hummer. I have never heard of this hummer. Except the overblown flowers and bottom leaves which you can clone out, I like the original post, nice job in getting this difficult shot.

Very beautiful image. Excellent pose and moment as captured. Your reworked version looks very good. Looks like you had to contend with some harsh lighting.