It's possible to take great hummingbird flight photos with no or one flash, but you need perfect afternoon partly cloudy light.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture Value
f/7
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
-0.33 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
600 mm
ISO
500
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/660 sec
Date/Time
Sun 04 Nov 2012 11:36:24 AM EST
Custom Fields
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English Collared Inca Scientific (Coeligena torquata torquata) Order APODIFORMES Family (Latin) Trochilidae Family (English) Hummingbirds Other name(s) Breeding Regions SA Breeding Range nw Venezuela and Colombia to s Peru Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Bolivia,Colombia,Ecuador - mainland,Peru,Venezuela, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range torquata Colombia, nw Venezuela (Táchira), e Ecuador and n Peru fulgidigula w Ecuador margaretae Chachapoyas (n Peru) insectivora c Peru (Huánuco to Ayacucho) eisenmanni s Peru (Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cuzco)
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Boissonneau, 1840) German Violettscheitelkolibri French Inca à collier Chinese 领星额蜂鸟 Japanese シロエリインカハチドリ Russian Ошейниковый инка Spanish Inca acollarado Portuguese inca-de-colar Bird Data App text
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Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
