drunken-master  05/20/06 @867

wow!!! great shot John! +9/9

Madanapale  05/20/06 @869

WoW!!!....Wonderful capture John!!.....a little more space at the right would be nice but just my taste........Top marks!!! Carlos

Wallace  05/20/06 @881

Wow thats awesome + 10

Umanth  05/20/06 @885

Beautiful capture John, nearly perfect. +10 !

Skunk  05/20/06 @899

wow amazing! i also like besides the composition an motiv itself, the expression on the faces of your works... some look confused some cheeky an this wone looks kinf of... authoritative l like em all ^^

cupcake  05/20/06 @907

Congratulations +10 They are so hard to get.

ARZILLIER66  05/20/06 @908

i agree Madanapale +9

ogu  05/20/06 @939

Topmarks very cool picture!!!!

aiscape  05/21/06 @961

What the heck is going wrong that you aren't an elite? My max for you and this very skillful shot. Yves.

aiscape  05/21/06 @961

piciART  05/21/06 @973

Great shot Jhon!!! Good moment!! nice pic!!

sdavis75  05/21/06 @045

+10

beatrizmatar  05/21/06 @190

Wonderful¡¡¡¡¡ +10

Byonder  05/21/06 @196

Wow, I'm just amazed you were able to get this shot - can't imagine how much patience that must've took. It's incredible that there's still blurring of the wings at 1/2000sec. Great shot

Gosia  05/21/06 @228

Wonderful capture. I really adore the visible texture of the feathers. Color is lovely as well.

moserArtist  05/21/06 @309

Ground control - Take off completed! Great capture of the moment!

Mihai  05/21/06 @504

You really outdone yourself this time John! Awsome shot! I would saturate the collors just a little more, but that's only me. Great shot!

ilanale  05/21/06 @556

W O N D E R F U L !!!

monjo  05/21/06 @580

Thank you all for the comments so far. A special thank you to Carlos and Mihai for their suggestions. Byonder: A Hummingbirds wings beat @ an average of 50-55 beats per second in a figure eight rotation. In order to get a shot with no blur at all you need a shutter speed of about 1/2500 sec. I'll probably post a collage in the future with the wings motionless as well as with a lot of blur.to them.

Cigaro  05/21/06 @601

you're crazy!!!! omg John congrats!!!! i agree with Mihai about the colours...would need a bit of a boost...but still...omg!!!

Madanapale  05/21/06 @675

It sure looks better....Great work John!! Carlos

Mihai  05/21/06 @691

I like it even better now! Very nice work! Great! Mihai

M-GIL  05/21/06 @748

Excellent capture and nice color! 7/7

trangle  05/21/06 @764

Great technique and great shot!

YanaVaseva  05/21/06 @766

Wonderful shot! Max points!

Thorsten  05/21/06 @773

I personally use thumbtacks to pin the wings to the wall, but this works, too. Great!

Tommyguns  05/21/06 @790

Capturing hummingbirds is extremely difficult as their wings move so fast! Great job John! Tommyguns

coladelight  05/21/06 @801

Whooaa....don't ask me why but when I saw this photograph I was hearing "Flight of the Bumble Bee" in my head Great shot and awesome details John! +10 Edit: I also prefer the one on top

zanzibar  05/21/06 @827

great captured

ThruMyEyez  05/21/06 @885

Amazing capture!! The top version works the best with the increased saturation.

DreamShadow  05/22/06 @034

cool i like the one on top

ZedoCaixao  05/22/06 @345

fantastic capture!!!!!! excellent work, John. +10

audentia  05/22/06 @368

Wooow! That looks easy Ehm... Very very nice! Awesome combination of details and motion! Thanks for sharing!

Andy--Jones  05/22/06 @435

looks fantastic!

tetbautista  05/22/06 @625

nice capture man! good shot! tet

Diane  05/22/06 @778

Wooow! A perfect capture of a very hard subject! Thanks for the PM, it's always nice to take a look at such a gorgeous shot! +10

trevorm  05/22/06 @841

Excellent capture! Personally, I'd just post the top photo, instead of both. I know how hard it is to capture these little guys. Also, I'd suggest fixing the yellow cast and correcting the black point using Photoshop Curves (or equivalent tool in whatever application you use). Again, congrats on the superb capture!

monjo  05/22/06 @878

Trevor, I felt obligated to leave the original postup along with the revised one for a couple of days. I removed it now. I'd like to thank everyone for their comments. I'm glad so many of you like it!

kittyKat  05/23/06 @565

now thats an amazing shot

MaiteGoitia  05/23/06 @776

Great shot! incredible to capture the precise moment.

oldskool87  05/23/06 @823

great +10

patrix77  05/23/06 @900

what a beautiful birdie i'm green sucker so i have to like it

Passenger  05/24/06 @607

*jaw dropping to floor* Awesome..........

RobertVovk  05/24/06 @786

I have never tried to capture hummingbird I have problems even with birds that are not moving LOL. This is purely terrific.

ARTOONATOR  05/24/06 @839

Difficult? Impossible!!! Great work.

Diandra  05/26/06 @477

Stunning. Absolutely stunning!

s8n  05/26/06 @646

Heh Lucky Man! Great Shot! And agree with Mihai about that saturation or little bit contrast - but thats only me - nothing more to say only add max points

Yaffa  05/27/06 @311

Very nice capture, love the colors, very good job

MsMichelleLynn  05/27/06 @439

Very nice John. You've even managed to bring out the reflective red in this male's throat. The lighting must be just right for this. I'm not crazy about the portrait crop. I think a landscape format would work better with more room to either side of the Hummingbird and also above. I would imagine that you had little choice in the cropping of this as you must have been in pretty close. Nice job! Michelle

Fyralath  05/29/06 @566

SandraS  05/29/06 @732

this is the prettiest bird photo I have seen on gfx in a long time! Cute!

Gryphon  05/29/06 @885

Absolutely adorable, and amazing detail capture...

Kuroneko  05/30/06 @630

wow....great! i love it!

metapuppet  06/02/06 @124

weha! think i like this one even better than the other one weird tension in there ten from me, definitely

Azurelle  06/02/06 @718

Aw this is truely beautiful! I have to check your other works! BTW do you sell prints? My step father is in love with birds and I bet a print of yours would be a great birthday present

KamilKascha  06/09/06 @486

wonderful shot and you`re really lucky to get this one. congratulations!

anastasia  09/29/06 @609

Bravo!

blob  10/09/06 @847

Goodness ! I would not have believed it was possible to take such precise shot of those birds ! amazing !

gothjod  10/10/06 @060

Outstanding ! Top Marks ! Matt

marla  10/16/06 @853

amazing!!!

MiyakoToudaiji  10/18/06 @402

Wow!!!! This is amazing! The Colours are perfect and the sharpness is brilliant! Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

digo  03/04/07 @945

wow!

Juanitou  06/07/07 @800

I if you want, can be sincere and to criticize positively the photo

aniocean  06/13/07 @690

The color look really good. Love it

ceogar  07/18/07 @357

Seeing the wings is something special =) great work!

L-aura  07/30/07 @445

Captivating!