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RickL

Broad-billed Hummingbird

Broad-billed Hummingbird

This photo was taken with 40 year old lens. It captured the detail and colors of this beautiful hummingbird. I have since replaced it with a Nikon 28-300 mm ret...
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This photo was taken with 40 year old lens. It captured the detail and colors of this beautiful hummingbird. I have since replaced it with a Nikon 28-300 mm retiring my old lens.
Lens:Nikon 70-300 Fx
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camera

NIKON D810

settings

settings

Aperture f/10 ISO 2500 Shutter 1/5000 Focal Length 3000/10

upload_date

upload_date

Sep, 2018

Views

844

Likes

+280

Awards

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Magnificent Capture

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Top Choice

+21

Superior Skill

+5

Outstanding Creativity

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All Star

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Superb Composition

Genius

Virtuoso

Emotions

Impressed

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VERY BEAUTIFUL!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

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Thanks Steve, it takes many shots of them to get a few good onrd

Beautiful shot!

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Thank you very much,you are very kind

Stunning colour and skilled work.

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Thank you. My favorite subjects

Nice lighting, Rick!

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Thank you

beautiful shot!

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Cookies,thank you

Love the colours and details !!!

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Thank you Lezlie

The colours and capture are remarkable! Gorgeous!

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Thank you very much,you are very kind

Very nice shot Rick

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Thank you very much

Marvellous capture. 😍
What a great capture..

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Thank you very much

Amazing capture with beautiful colors!!

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Thank you very much,they are stunning birds and one of my favorite subjects

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Fantastic capture!

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Thank you very much

Wow ...beautiful shot and camera,I really must invest in a better one !!!

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Thank you, the D850 is an amazing camera

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Fine eye for color and detail- super capture.

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Extraordinary photography .... Magnificent capture ! 💯😊

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Thank you very much,you are very kind

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Great capture ....wonderful colours ...!!!

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Thank you very much

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Gorgeous capture.

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Thank you very much

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A spectacular capture, RickL

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Thank you chuck

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Beautiful capture!

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Thank you very much

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Fabulous capture !! My Dad uses a lot of old lenses. He is 91 but very sharp, more lenses over the years than I could count. Put a good piece of glass on a camera and the results can be stunning !

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Thank you Claudia

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