Its really nice capture..! Great DOF +10
I prefer this version..!
I would remove the noise on background...!

Cool capture Jay +10

nice capture
seems to be lacking a bit sharpness but im not sure
its lacking sharpness, or its just your camera quality
probly quality after cropping, seeing you used 1/1000 i doubt its not in focus
well done

Nice shot!
Agree with blackshad about the sharpness and with jafus about the noise, though.

Thanks hehe... I like this image as I said before very pastel and paintery like.

Blackshad: Shutter speed doesnt have anything to do with the photo being "in focus"

blackshad: it was the camera quality, and it is likely off focus because I used a point-and-shoot.

somebody voted +2 on this and did not comment... that really pisses me off... if you do not like it just SAY WHY NOT!!! or maybe you accidentally hit +2, just tell me what's up. i'm fine with it if you comment but don't vote.

These are very difficult to capture and you did this well. To completely stop the motion you would need double the shutter speed which is not possible on most point and shoot cameras. Well done!

Great DOF, Men, that kind of Flying machine are so faster that dificults the shot.
Great Work

Agree with jafus and blackshad..
Its very nice capture..+8/8

You got this one!......very nice image!
Agree with Gary.....difficult to capture!....good work!
Carlos

Didn't think the S3 would be up to the task, as most compacts are pretty slow at focusing compared to, say, dslrs, not to mention other things.
Nicely composed (cropped?). Well done.

Slapo: thanks. no, the S3 is not fast enough to focus on them most of the time. sometimes i get lucky and they stay in one place long enough, but mostly i have to focus on a nearby object that is the same distance and hope i'm lucky. it was cropped from vertical format.

ThruMyEyez: you are right, for some reason i have seen shutter speeds of 1/3200 but i don't know how i got it, because i can't even get the camera that fast in manual mode.

Nice capture, sure it's difficult with point and shoot

nice shot, like they already said i like the DoF, i like the blurred from the 1/1000 on the bird too, makes it look painted, good work

Most stuff already said !!
I would just say gr8 job with the gear U had !!

AMAZING!!! Another wonderful capture!!

Wonderful bird capture.
My Top Mark

Nice composition and background. I've tried to take this type of shot with my old Canon S1 so I know how hard this is with the shutter lag.
Don

It is mostly a waste of time to try to capture something which is moving fast with a non DSLR. Don't even know why anyone bothers... They are slow and are good at many things but to take a moving target.

So you were probably totally unaware of the fact if you really managed to get it in your camera or not, right?

You were still damn lucky to end up with this one and for that I give you all credit!

A shorter shutter speed on a DSLR with the other settings right (aparture and ISO) plus focus of course would have nailed it flying without the wing motion blur.

very good shot in action..maybe a little bit sharpen could be better..

cong..

Beautiful work Jay!
I love that it resembles so much like a painting, so delicate... and to me, sharpness in this one isn't an issue, in fact lack of it might bring something extra in to it! We just seem to have this burning obsession with sharpness ha ha

nice. i recommend using neatimage for that noise.

Hummingbirds are the sweetest and your series is wonderful! I like the soft noise in this shot. Beautiful!

Exceptioally well done considering the equipment used.
Very nice work Jay.
John

A splendid photo ! I adore the gorgeous backlight here, especially through the wings in motion.