Purple-throated Mountain Gem


Posted by E.J. Peiker on Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:46 am

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Purple-throated Mountain Gem - Costa Rica
D800, 70-200mm

Seeing some great tropical species in the Bird Gallery lately so here's a tropical hummer.  This is a tiny little species...

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by Markus Jais on Sun Sep 14, 2014 12:45 pm
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Beautiful shot. Perfect wing pose. Great light and colors. Background is also great.

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by Karl Egressy on Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:52 pm
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Nice looking bird, beautiful composition. Great moment captured.
 

by Alan Murphy on Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:21 pm
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Beautifully done E.J.
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by KK Hui on Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:28 pm
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Nice and well framed, EJ!
All natural light?
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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:53 pm
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KK Hui wrote:Nice and well framed, EJ!
All natural light?
No, typical hummingbird set-up with multiple flashes
 

by rafixx66 on Mon Sep 15, 2014 4:55 am
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Great shot!!!
 

by Biplab Adhikary on Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:33 am
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Wow image E.J. Congrats on the EP!!!
 

by Jim Urbach on Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:20 pm
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excellent EJ,
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by Gaurav Mittal on Mon Sep 15, 2014 2:57 pm
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Such a cool shot E.J.!
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by mikfox1 on Mon Sep 15, 2014 3:21 pm
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sweet colors...
 

by ahazeghi on Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:37 am
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I like the pose and BG, the small bug on the flower adds more interest. multi-flash handled nicely
 

by Jerry Merrell on Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:40 pm
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Exceptionally nice!
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