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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They look like inverted colours or something. Is this how they actually look? It's magnificent!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

It’s been photographed in extremely favorable lighting conditions with a telephoto lens and a high-speed digital camera. Also, the image’s color levels have been tweaked to make the colors more vibrant and to increase the contrast. The bird would probably not look like that to the naked eye.