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Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

Beautiful colors reflect in the sunlight.
Lens: Nikon 28-300

Beautiful colors reflect in the sunlight.
Lens: Nikon 28-300
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NIKON D850

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settings

Aperture 63/10 ISO 360 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 3000/10

location

location

Madera Canyon, Arizona, US

upload_date

upload_date

Jun, 2021

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Beautiful...wonderful stop action photography!

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Thank you very much Pamela

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You are the hummer man. I llook to your images of them for inspiration.

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Wow incredible!

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