It's purple! Why aren't there more purple birds?
Where do I go to see purple adorable hummingbirds? I would love to see some one day.
22 1 ReplyI took this in my back patio actually. I live in the Palm springs area. There are at least 3 of them total that live in my condo complex.
5 0 ReplyI never expected to want to go to Palm Springs! If I'm ever out that way, at least now I'll have a good reason.
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Love hummingbirds. Their wing motion is so mesmerising. Vicious bastards though.
5 0 ReplyThey think they're vicious anyway. CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP!!
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East of the Rockies, we get ONE species of hummingbird. But they're still beautiful creatures.
1 0 ReplySuch a beautiful and proud birb.
1 0 ReplyWhats this? A therapod dinosaur filling the niche of a bee?
1 0 ReplyThey are very pretty. But they don't look like this photoshopped version.
Edit: I'll admit when I'm wrong. It's real.
6 9 ReplyI was wondering why you guys are saying it's photoshopped. Even Wikipedia haste incredible photos of this species.
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veilchenkopfelfe#/media/Datei%3ACalypte_costae.jpg
Edit: picture embedd didn't work
17 1 ReplyI agree with you, Bruno. It looks real to me. A Costa Humming bird like you said earlier. So cute!
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Not photoshopped, just edited in Lightroom. Here's the raw. It really looks like that.
9 0 ReplyThanks for sharing that.
The jacked up contrast threw me off.
Also, blues and purples are rare in nature, especially in animals. Which is part of why I jump to that conclusion.
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No one noticing this is a terrible photoshop makes me suspicious Lemmy is mostly bots and stupid people
8 17 ReplyI think you're wrong. It's called Calypte costae https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa's_hummingbird
14 2 ReplyThe image on Wikipedia and the one posted helps to show exactly why the post is a bad Photoshop.
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Or maybe we just aren't insufferable, chronically online people who have to scream "fake" at everything.
10 1 ReplyI mean it's edited in Lightroom, but just lighting. The colors are not altered. Here's the raw so you can compare.
9 1 ReplyWhich are you?
A bot or a stupid person?
Do any countries in Africa start with a K?
1 1 ReplyYeah it’s a really obvious one, too. The person responding with the Wikipedia article and calling you wrong is actually providing evidence that it’s a bad photoshop.
2 6 ReplyY'all are fucking harsh, damn. I just wanted to share my photography. It's edited in Lightroom for lighting, but the colors are real. Here is the unedited version.
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