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Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

The Male Broad Billed is very fast, and difficult to photograph well. The reflective colors are amazing in the Sunlight.

Lens: Nikon 28-300 ...
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The Male Broad Billed is very fast, and difficult to photograph well. The reflective colors are amazing in the Sunlight.

Lens: Nikon 28-300
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camera

NIKON D850

settings

settings

Aperture f/11 ISO 6400 Shutter 1/5000 Focal Length 3000/10

location

location

Madera Canyon, Arizona, US

upload_date

upload_date

Jun, 2020

Views

100

Likes

+25

Awards

Peer Award

+2

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Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

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Celebrating Nature

Tags

#animal #bird #hummingbird

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