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A male Allen's hummingbird pauses between sips on a flowering bush at the UC Santa Cruz arboretum.

A male Allen's hummingbird pauses between sips on a flowering bush at the UC Santa Cruz arboretum.
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camera

NIKON D500

settings

settings

Aperture f/6.3 ISO 1250 Shutter 1/3200 Focal Length 6000/10

location

location

Santa Cruz, California, US

upload_date

upload_date

Apr, 2020

Views

428

Likes

+94

Awards

Winner in Best Hummingbird on a Branch Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+32

Magnificent Capture

+6

Top Choice

+4

Absolute Masterpiece

+3

Superior Skill

Superb Composition

All Star

Outstanding Creativity

Genius

Virtuoso

Emotions

Impressed

+3

Happy

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Ultimate

Fantastic capture! Well done!

PRO+

Incredible composition and photography,the color and detail is exceptional

Platinum

Sassy little hummer

PRO

Aww....gotta love Hummers! Beautiful capture..wonderful details and colors! I love that you caught him with his tongue out! ; )

PRO+

Beautiful, Nina. Congrats!

Thanks, Carol!

PRO

Congratulations on your win Nina. Great shot!

Thanks so much!

Beautiful shot with great composition and details.... 🙌🙌🙌 Congratulations on your awards 👏👏👏👏

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