Purple-throated mountain-gem

© Gunther Allen

Purple-throated mountain-gem

Uploaded: June 08, 2013

Description

There are so many types of humming birds in Costa Rica... It is hard for me to distinguish every one. I took this shot out in the wild, but saw 26 different species at the La Paz Waterfall Gardens... (I'll post photos from there later)

1/80, f5.6, ISO-200, 300mm Nikon Lens

Comments

Tarun Bose June 08, 2013

Wow! Fantastic capture, Gunther. Love the colours. #1531605

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