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Male Broad-Billed Hummingbird

Male Broad-Billed Hummingbird

Beautiful iridescent colors reflective in the afternoon sunlight.
Lens: Nikon 70-300 fx

Beautiful iridescent colors reflective in the afternoon sunlight.
Lens: Nikon 70-300 fx
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camera

NIKON D810

settings

settings

Aperture f/10 ISO 2500 Shutter 1/5000 Focal Length 3000/10

location

location

Madera Canyon, Arizona, US

upload_date

upload_date

Jun, 2019

Views

153

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Awards

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Magnificent Capture

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Nice lighting and colors!

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Thank you very , Tatiana

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Beautiful capture!

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What an incredible shot!

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