Anna's in the Leaves
by Evelyn Harrison
Title
Anna's in the Leaves
Artist
Evelyn Harrison
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A male Anna's hummingbird sits among the leaves of a Mexican honeysuckle plant. This is a young bird and his beautiful pink-rose gorget is just beginning to develop. The bright iridescence is not pigment and is actually due to the refraction of light off the structures of the feathers themselves. The resulting colors are much more vivid and iridescent than those of birds with only pigmented feathers. Hummingbirds are little jewels!
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August 31st, 2014
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