Crowders Mt. State Park
by TomH1000

Comment by Skelly:
makes me want to play 18 holes for some reason...good photo

Natures Calling
by TomH1000

Comment by saintaugust:
ahahahahah nice

Natures Calling
by TomH1000

Comment by Mephisto:
wow on my vacation in ecuador i tried to photographed some of these birds but this is so hard cause these little guys are so fast and hectic
and of course it's really difficult to get the wings sharp cause these wings can flap until 70 times per minute!
...and muuuuuch pacience ;P
but this one is really amazing

Crowders Mt. State Park
by TomH1000

Comment by aerogurl:
cluds in the sky would have got this a 10.. lovely colors..8

Crowders Mt. State Park
by TomH1000

Comment by DiamondPete:
Nice reflections. Nice double symmetry.

Crowders Mt. State Park
by TomH1000

Comment by pearlseyes:
Horizon seems a little tilted.

Crowders Mt. State Park
by TomH1000

Comment by alexgarcia:
good composition, nice colors

Hummingbird Portrait
by TomH1000

Comment by okiesisi:
Greetings from the Critique Club!!
What an amazing capture! The sharpness of the birds face and the flower, the movement in the wings, the colors, the composition, all perfect IMO. It seems there were a few voters who voted low on animal portraits, and many really good photos like yours suffered. I do not see anything this photo needs in the way of improvement.
Excellent job and keep shooting!
~~SiSi

Hummingbird Portrait
by TomH1000

Comment by TomH1000:

Originally posted by Caltrop: Beautiful photo but... porĂ¢€Â¢trait n. 1. A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example. n 1: a painting of a person's face 2: a word picture of a person's appearance and character 3: any likeness of a person; "the photographer made excellent portraits"

You forgot one.

Portrait - a representation of a person or group or animal on a two-dimensional medium that typically also shows some aspect symbolic of the subject.

Hummingbird Portrait
by TomH1000

Comment by TomH1000:

Originally posted by Digital Quixote: You may disagree with me, and that's okay, but this doesn't meet the spirit of the challenge in my opinion.

And your reason for this is why? Yes, you are right and I don't agree with you. Portrait can be other then a person and no where did it say it had to be a person.