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Blue Purple Hummingbird

Blue Purple Hummingbird

The colors of hummingbirds vary depend on the orientation of the scales with the sun. In this shot the bird was launching itself from a branch and bright purpl...
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The colors of hummingbirds vary depend on the orientation of the scales with the sun. In this shot the bird was launching itself from a branch and bright purple resulted.
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camera

Canon EOS 70D

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settings

Aperture f/0 ISO 6400 Shutter 1/1600 sec. Focal Length 400/1

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upload_date

Jul, 2018

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109

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+4

Awards

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