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Brown Violetear

Colibri delphinae

Photo by Cody.conway
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Field Notes

Description:

The Brown Violetear is a large hummingbird that breeds at middle elevations in the mountains in Central America, and western and northern South America with isolated populations on Trinidad and in the Brazilian state Bahia.

Notes:

Again, multi-strobe set up. No exposure given to the background to black it out to keep the details glued to the hummingbird. The dots in the image were part of the capture - they are the product of rain drops being frozen and reflected by the strobes. 4 flashes were used to capture this image at 1/20,000 of a second.

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PublishedMay 26, 2013

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