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.
I 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.
I 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.
East of the Rockies, we get ONE species of hummingbird. But they're still beautiful creatures.
They are very pretty. But they don't look like this photoshopped version.
Edit: I'll admit when I'm wrong. It's real.
I 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
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I agree with you, Bruno. It looks real to me. A Costa Humming bird like you said earlier. So cute!
Not photoshopped, just edited in Lightroom. Here's the raw. It really looks like that. 
Thanks 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.
No one noticing this is a terrible photoshop makes me suspicious Lemmy is mostly bots and stupid people
I think you're wrong. It's called Calypte costae https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa%27s_hummingbird
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The image on Wikipedia and the one posted helps to show exactly why the post is a bad Photoshop.
Still not sure what you mean. The brightness of the colors changes alot according to the angle like you can see in videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlYecLQDaUM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDkeIVGmSA8
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They colorized the entire body. Note how only the upper half is purple in the Wikipedia article and the video.
In the post image, the whole body is purple by being colorized. Some of it can be seen bleeding off the edges of the subject and onto the branch.
I don’t know why they did this and other edits to an already-pretty bird.
I brightened the pic up in Lightroom for my own aesthetic purposes, but I don't think I went overboard personally. The branch is actually a dried tip of a succulent so maybe that's where you're seeing coloration? Here's another shot, unedited and zoomed out a little more. 
It’s a great photo. Try not to give a shit about what some rando on the internet is complaining about. The adults in the room like your photo
Or maybe we just aren't insufferable, chronically online people who have to scream "fake" at everything.
I mean it's edited in Lightroom, but just lighting. The colors are not altered. Here's the raw so you can compare. 
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Yeah 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.
Y'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. 
I was supporting you. And showing as reference other pictures that the bird is actually that colored. I didn't and still don't see any problem with edits. Please continue sharing your awesome shots. Small edits are fully normal with ones pictures.
Even seeing a hummingbird sitting still is an accomplishment, photographing one so clearly is legendary!
It is a great photo, please post more. Most of ours are shades and variations of a green base, but we have this one orange one that looks so wild.
Thank you so much! I've only ever seen the green guys myself until this one came by. Definitely the most vibrant bird I've ever seen.