I like the hummingbird capture great detail. What were your steps in lightroom? In my opinion the background looks overprocessed. I am also distracted by the out of focus green twig. Just my opinion.   Posted: 09/08/2024 20:28:09

Beautiful and sharp image; good capture light. I particularly like the blur in the wings. The green twig in the back is a distraction. it almost appears that it has been blurred out and over-processed in post-processing.   Posted: 09/10/2024 16:50:29

Very nice moment, Pinaki! I feel that with hummers you need to either freeze the action completely, or leave enough blur so it looks deliberate. To freeze, you need about 1/4000 sec but in this case the wing blur helps tell the story and appears to be intentional.

I feel that the BG is very bright and pulls the eye away from your main subject. Those white OOF blobs are an even bigger problem. What I would di is select your subject, invert the selection and reduce the exposure, shadows and highlights on the BG. You can play around with it to get something that looks natural but still supports the subject.

Lillian   Posted: 09/10/2024 19:32:50

Nice image. At first I too thought the green branch on top was a distraction. Then I thought that I like it because the angle of the branch matches the angle of the bird and also frames it. For me, the biggest distraction are the three white blobs which Lillian provided a solution for. If you have Photoshop, you could also use the clone tool to replace the white blobs with the green from the surrounding area.   Posted: 09/15/2024 11:17:52