Lesser Violetear (Hummingbird)

Date: May 2018

Location: Monteverde, Costa Rica

Camera Settings: ISO 800 – F/6.3 – 1/200

In the damp cloud forests of Monteverde endemic species of humming birds are ten-a-penny. Although they’re very tricky to spot unless you hover by the visitor centre where they come to land on special nectar feeders. I’d love to say that photographing them in manmade surrounds takes a little of the magic away but these birds are such petite, unusual oil slicks of beauty that they really do look stunning anywhere.