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    This juvenile male Green-crowned Brilliant attempted a one-footed landing on the red passion flower, lost his balance and in the process knocked most of the pollen off the flower. Photographed earlier this month in Costa Rica on a workshop with Doug Brown and Greg Basco.

    Canon 5D Mk III, EF 70-200mm f/2.8 at 145mm, 1/200", f14, ISO 400 on tripod, multi-flash setup. Bird was attracted to flower with injection of sugar water.

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    Lovely colors and details. The lower shutter speed works well here. TFS. Loi

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    Very natural lighting (if I do say so myself ). Love the pollen and the nice detail. I'd prefer better wing position, but the pollen carries the day! Enjoyed having you on the workshop Bill!
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    Nine landing, excellent sharpness, nice colors, Bill.

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    The greens in this photo are just amazing. The lighting looks very natural here, something that I know (from experience) is not easy to do.

    The pollen flying makes the image for me. If I had to nit-pick (and I guess that's part of the critique), I just wish the outer wing was separated from the flower. Not much you can do there, though.

    Miguel

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    This is killer, Bill, and the wing position works for me. The flying pollen brings this to another level.
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    Great timing, great action.

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