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Closeup hummingbird with fly
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Closeup hummingbird with fly (Selasphorus rufus)

This rufous hummingbird snagged a fly. Here's a pretty detailed closeup from extreme cropping! Amazing to see the little guy caught a fly.

Taken with d850 and cropped down from 8256x5504 to 766x766 (9.16x crop, or 5038mm effective). At ISO 800, there was a fair bit of ISO noise to smooth out in Lightroom.
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Location
UCSC arboretum, Santa Cruz, CA
Date taken
Mar 15, 2019
Scientific name
Selasphorus rufus
Equipment used
Nikon d850, Tamron 150-600 g2, gimbal head, tripod
delia todd
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Crikey!!! That's a wonderfully detailed close-up you've taken of this hummer Marc.

Excellent work lad - many thanks for showing it to us my friend.
 

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