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Female Broad Billed Hummingbird

Female Broad Billed Hummingbird

I took many shots and hours to get some good hummingbird photos. The female Broad Billed has a beautiful iridescent green back. I actually changed lenses to a s...
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I took many shots and hours to get some good hummingbird photos. The female Broad Billed has a beautiful iridescent green back. I actually changed lenses to a smaller zoom when I realized that I was using a max of 300 mm. These birds were relatively close so I didn't need my 600 mms lens

Lens: Nikon 28-300 lens
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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

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78

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Awards

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