Rufous Hummingbird

I had another session with our backyard hummingbirds this past Wednesday evening. We had some pretty sweet late light that really brought the gorgets of the males to life and even torched off the subtler feathers on the top of the head and the wing. I'll probably post a few of these.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu gimbal on RRS legs. f8, 1/500, iso 1000, Av mode, -2/3 stop compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped from the sides and just a touch off the top and bottom. Fina;l size 7.6MP of the original 16. I touched up the iron hook a bit to remove some highlights. Normally the hook holds a hummingbird feeder but we'd moved it to a more sheltered location nearby to keep the wind from blowing it around. This male was trying to defend the feeder from at least four females and another male, so he was also resting while he had a chance. This was one of (and the closest I could get) of his favorite perches.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,