Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides)

Brilliant in so many ways, superb stop here!

Stunning flight shot of this beauty Chris, many TFS!

Oh my word. An outstanding capture, Roy.

Fabulous Image Wonderful To See, Lovely Work C B Allen Tfs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All The Best
Sue & Simon,

Cor!!! A right cracker that You really seem to get that wing movement frozen on these flight shots Chris.

Excellent work lad - thanks so much for showing him to us.

Great shot!
Niels

delia todd said:

Cor!!! A right cracker that You really seem to get that wing movement frozen on these flight shots Chris.

Excellent work lad - thanks so much for showing him to us.

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Thanks Delia. I don't mind some wing movement so long as the body (particularly eye/head) is sharp as often there is not enough light to use high enough shutter speed to freeze action (and I'm not interested in using flash/multi-flash set ups to photograph hummers). On this occasion I just sat quietly for a couple of hours watching and photo'ing the hummers when they visited the various flowering shrubs. There were feeders in the area but I try to avoid those where possible (a couple of species on this trip only ever "performed" or perched at feeders unfortunately).