A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, photographed with a combination of ambient light and high-speed flash.


A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, photographed with a combination of ambient light and high-speed flash to freeze most of the motion but to allow wing blur to give a sense of the rapid motion of the hummingbird's wings. Costa Rica.


Size: 4320px × 5400px
Location: Costa Rica
Photo credit: © Jon G. Fuller, Jr. / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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