Royal Sunangel (Peru)

[Glenn Bartley]

Perhaps not the most spectacular of the 300+ species of hummingbirds in the world. Nevertheless the Royal Sunangel is certainly unique! Restricted to a small area of northern Peru and Southern Ecuador these birds are such a beautiful shade of deep royal blue. I was thrilled to find one after a few days searching



Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Flash: On
ISO: 400
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

[Praki]

Glenn:
A lovely image as always. The fellow looks like he knows he is handsome.  Being hummingbirds, they must be small? But the depth of field fall off makes his tail almost a part of the bokeh. Maybe one stop less would have his tail in focus.

[rambler44]

Amazing color.  This is a really neat photo.