Rubythroated Hummingbird (female)

This tiny bird visited my feeding station for a period of four days sat in the same position throughout daylight hours and saw off all other visitors in a vicious fashion they were permitted to use the other three sections of the feeder but not this section.

My three month deployment allowed me to seek more species, now trying to master the workflow.

Comments and critique most welcome.

Canon 350D handheld sigma 50mm-500mm 417mm ISO400 f/7.1 1/200sec

Thanks

Barry

Well your processing seems to have worked Barry Everything looks spot on from here...........except sharpness I would say that it's very difficult to get a really sharp shot handholding at a focal length of 400mm+ and at 1/200th. I certainly couldn't get a sharp shot, although others may be able to, but they're in a minority, with incredible technique!
Your best so far for me

Barry - yep, the processing is definately getting there

You've been cloning something out under the feeder perch - I can see your brush marks - drop the hardness of your brush and those edges will disappear next time.

My only other nit, and this is just me personally, I HATE SQUARE images - sorry Barry

Now I'm going to ask you a question - is there any way the 'pockets are deep enough' to enable you to dump that Bigma and get something else as it's not exactly the finest lump of glass in the world - never contemplate a zoom above 4x, the best ones are all below 3x - and the Bigma is 10x

I see the cloning too. Sharp eyed Andy as usual