Birds and Blooms
by Marjo

Comment by Marjo:
Being in the top 10 is exciting! Thanks for all the wonderful and helpful comments!

Birds and Blooms
by Marjo

Comment by karmat:
Great capture. And you have cropped it wonderfully.

Birds and Blooms
by Marjo

Comment by GolferDDS:
Great picture of a female Ruby Throat. 10

Birds and Blooms
by Marjo

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Works pretty good for me. I like the wing blur, stopping that blur is very hard with a digicam. The glare on the back is a might harsh, but overall, I like this very much. Too bad she wasn't up to a real flower, but that's just picking nit. I've tried to get into Birds and Blooms, it's very hard...this picture would be close, I think.
9 Rob the Swash

Birds and Blooms
by Marjo

Comment by FroggLily:
Beautiful

Birds and Blooms
by Marjo

Comment by Kavey:
Such a lovely capture and great DOF. Composition just superb, especially for a magazine cover, with title text. Image itself seems very grainy and I think the lighting on the bird could do with being a little more even. 9

Birds and Blooms
by Marjo

Comment by SharQ:
A very cool shot. (9)

Birds and Blooms
by Marjo

Comment by wewillexplore:
Great capture here - can't help the bit of blur - but what about a NeatImage to clean up the noise behind? 8

Birds and Blooms
by Marjo

Comment by albright1:
Wow!!!! The feathers make me think of fish scales. Awesome!

Birds and Blooms
by Marjo

Comment by inspzil:
One of the best. Nice job with the stop action shot. Good work!