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Gato Moteado

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2. likely a deep crop on an image taken with a high resolution camera...
Thu Jan 12, 2023, 11:21 AM
Jan 2023

...but if you look in the reflection in the eye, it looks like the photo was taken under a covered shelter, so it's possible it was at a photo platform with feeders set up to draw the hummers in close, so it's possible the shooter got a a fairly close up shot that required less of a crop, but still a crop, for sure.

here's a shot i took of a crimson fronted conure with my D850 (46MP)....you can zoom in and see the detail in his eye...i've cropped out everything but the eye and the area around it and it still looked amazing....i can't find that crop and i never uploaded it, but you can get the idea:

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