Photo by @TimLaman. Lesser Bird-of-Paradise male creates an explosion of plumes by shaking them over his back. From my Birds-of-Paradise Collection, shot in Aug 2009, West Papua, #Indonesia. My long-term Birds-of-Paradise work continues with more expeditions this year. @BirdsofParadiseProject, #Papua, #BirdsofParadise, #Birds-of-Paradise, #IndonesiaBiodiversity, @NatGeoCreative, @ThePhotoSociety.
#TL_WildlifePhotoTips: I used a moderate shutter speed of 1/90 sec for this shot, which was enough to keep the eye sharp (since the head wasn’t moving much) but blur the fast-moving feathers for a sense of motion.