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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Light waves

 

Male Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) stretching wing and tail feathers.

A second before the photo above, the hummingbird was turned to the left.  You can see how much the angle changes the color of the head and throat feathers -- bright pink/rose colored (above), darker and more purplish (below):

 
Photographed in Cotati on 26 March 2025.

1 comment:

Limantour walker said...

Amazing...I've never seen this so clearly! They move so quickly!