Marvelous Spatuletail Y9C8639-Edit.jpg

            This was my "most wanted" bird of the trip, and it was a challenge.  The only place we saw it, at the Huembo sanctuary, offered a pretty dark hole in which to photograph.  We went back a second day, and got lucky with the bird perched for a brief moment.  Of several shots, this is the only one where the tail "rackets" are somewhat sharp.  ISO 1250, 1/100th of a second with fill flash.  It's a pretty neat creature!  Endemic to Peru.
   

Taken in: Perú / Amazonas / Cuispes (show map)

Taken on: January 10, 2014

Tags:

Birds

Huembo

Peru

Trochilidae

Loddigesia

Loddigesia mirabilis

Endemic

080 Hummingbirds « less

Sets appears in: • Most Interesting • 029 Hummingbirds more » • Peru « less

Groups appears in: • Hummingbird Photography • Neotropical Birds more » • Hummingbirds of the World « less

Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, f/4.0, 1/100 sec, 500mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens:	EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	500mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.3 (Windows)
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