Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, raised bonnet, golden hour, backlight, sunlight, in flight, rising sun, male, mating, portrait, dawn, grazing light, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

May 15, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK25A70_214

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,6Mb (1,9Mb) / 12,5in x 15,7in / 3763 x 4704 (300dpi)

Keywords

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