{"id":12449,"date":"2019-08-22T07:52:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T11:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=12449"},"modified":"2019-08-22T07:52:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T11:52:20","slug":"violet-fronted-brilliant-hummingbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=12449","title":{"rendered":"Violet-fronted Brilliant Hummingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Of course I prefer not to photograph hummingbirds at feeders, but sometimes, in the limited time available in some exotic location, that is all you can get. I had only one afternoon, a few hours really, overlooking the gardens at Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge on the Manu Road in the Andes of Peru, between lunch and our appointment at the Cock-of-the-Rock lek, so I took what I could get. This is the Violet-fronted Brilliant and I never caught it perched away from the feeders. I think I have two males (or the same male twice) and a female. Sony RX10iv at 1200mm equivalent (2X Clear Image Zoom). Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Polarr. If I were to do this trip again, I would want at least 2 nights at Cock-of-the-Rock, as well as time at both at the lodges at Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station higher up and Villa Carmin Biological Station lower down. But then I am greedy! \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

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