Fabulous shot with incredible detail in the feathers and an absolutely gorgeous background. Definitely jealous and puts my recent efforts with birds in the garden to shame! Would like to know more: e.g. lens used, with or without tripod and where you and the camera were in relation to the bird when shot. Best wishes, Jon

A nice shot that just needs 'tweaking' with the unsharp mask in PSE or similar and a tighter crop, IMHO. A credit to you and the Optio S5i:P Jon

Stunning shot, Terry (I know from experience how difficult it is to photograph these hyperactive critters). I particularly like the way you have cropped the image and the almost 'metallic' sheen of the blues in the body and eyes. Jon