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Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

One of many hummingbirds at Madera Canyon. The male has so many iridescent colors brought out by direct sunlight. This one seems to have longer wings than The o...
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One of many hummingbirds at Madera Canyon. The male has so many iridescent colors brought out by direct sunlight. This one seems to have longer wings than The other Broad Billed's. We have Costas in our yard and The desert around us. They are very friendly and come right up to our faces.

The lens is a Nikon 28-300
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camera

NIKON D850

settings

settings

Aperture f/7.1 ISO 3600 Shutter 1/5000 Focal Length 3000/10

location

location

Madera Canyon, Arizona, US

upload_date

upload_date

Jun, 2020

Views

118

Likes

+40

Awards

Peer Award

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Magnificent Capture

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Absolute Masterpiece

Superb Composition

Outstanding Creativity

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Beautiful capture with amazing colors!!

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These are truly very colorful birds. They are very quick and hard to capture

A great shot!

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Tatiana,thank you once again for your kind comment

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