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There’s a story behind every image: the wait, the bird, the place and the people protecting it.

Female Tyrian Metaltail

September 2021 Forest, Orchids, Cundinamarca, Colombia

I photographed this female Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) at the Forest of Orchids, a private reserve in the vereda Chincé near Tabio and Tenjo, Cundinamarca, Colombia. …
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Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

September 2021 Forest, Orchids, Cundinamarca, Colombia

I photographed this Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei) at the Forest of Orchids, a private reserve in the vereda Chincé near Tabio and Tenjo, Cundinamarca, Colombia. …
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Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

September 2021 Forest, Orchids, Cundinamarca, Colombia

I photographed this Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei) at the Forest of Orchids, a private reserve in the vereda Chincé near Tabio and Tenjo, Cundinamarca, Colombia. …
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Meet the photographer

Adam Rainoff

I’m a photographer based in California, near Los Angeles. I travel to remote corners of the world to photograph birds in the wild, then donate the images to local conservation partners so they can grow ecotourism and keep those places wild. I also teach photography in remote communities, so others can carry this work forward.

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