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Natural Reflection A beautiful day to shoot hummingbirds. Natural light with mild cloud coverage still able to reflect the brilliant iridescent colors while maintaining a high enough EV to minimize camera shake... Annas hummingbird,Calypte anna,Geotagged,United States,Winter Click/tap to enlarge

Natural Reflection

A beautiful day to shoot hummingbirds. Natural light with mild cloud coverage still able to reflect the brilliant iridescent colors while maintaining a high enough EV to minimize camera shake...

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  1. Wonderful, Stephen. Last year in Colombia I had my first try at trying to photograph them. New for me, as they don't occur at all in Europe. Posted 7 years ago
    1. I have shot them with flash on several occasions which gets some pretty spectacular results but in natural light the quality of color and shading when you nail it is much more gratifying. Posted 7 years ago
  2. A jewel! Posted 7 years ago
    1. Your kind, thank you Posted 7 years ago

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Anna's hummingbird is a North American species of hummingbird. It was named after Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli. It is native to western coastal regions of North America. In the early 20th century, Anna's hummingbirds bred only in northern Baja California and Southern California.

Similar species: Swifts And Hummingbirds
Species identified by Stephen Philips
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By Stephen Philips

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Uploaded Feb 13, 2018. Captured Feb 13, 2018 14:31 in E Britton Way, Tucson, AZ 85739, USA.
  • Canon EOS 5DS R
  • f/8.0
  • 1/800s
  • ISO200
  • 560mm