Magnificent Hummingbird in Flight #1
by Gregory Scott
Title
Magnificent Hummingbird in Flight #1
Artist
Gregory Scott
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This is a high speed flash photograph of a Magnificent Hummingbird in flight. His scientific name Eugenes Fulgens.
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October 26th, 2011
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Comments (2)
Draco Dei
The twist along the length of the right wing is interesting.
Gregory Scott replied:
Such twists in the wing are extremely common in my hummingbird photos because I like them, and because they are a natural feature of the "sculling" or figure eight wing stroke typical of a hovering hummingbird. So it's an often elegant compositional element, and an essential aerodynamic element of hovering flight.