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Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

Very fast birds, and difficult to get a good photograph. It takes many shots to get a perfect one.I
Lens:Tamron 150-600 g2...
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Very fast birds, and difficult to get a good photograph. It takes many shots to get a perfect one.I
Lens:Tamron 150-600 g2
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camera

NIKON D810

settings

settings

Aperture f/7.1 ISO 3200 Shutter 1/4000 Focal Length 3500/10

location

location

Madera Canyon, Arizona, US

upload_date

upload_date

Jul, 2019

Views

216

Likes

+79

Awards

Peer Award

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Magnificent Capture

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Superior Skill

Superb Composition

Outstanding Creativity

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Emotions

Impressed

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Happy

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Top 10 rank

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Top 10 rank week 1

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Thank you Alfredo

Wow nice Beautiful shot

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Excellent focus and lighting.

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