Chaffinch in flight

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21/01/2011 - 21:20mille19

CategoryWildlife / Nature

BodyPENTAX K-5

Shutter Speed1/4000

Aperturef/5.6

LensN/A

ISO800

Focal Length200mm

Views/Likes90/0

Tagschaffinch, bird, flying

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bwlchmawr

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13 years
Somerset

Link Posted 21/01/2011 - 21:38

An extraordinary capture.

Best wishes,

Andrew

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jdanko1451

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13 years

Link Posted 21/01/2011 - 22:03

Wonderful - thanks for the pleasure of viewing it!

Kiwi who Flew

autumnlight

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12 years
Derbyshire

Link Posted 21/01/2011 - 22:08

How lovely

Kind regards Maria

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coker

Member

13 years
Wiltshire

Link Posted 21/01/2011 - 22:29

Breathtaking!

A joy to see, both the creature itself & your superb technique.

Thanks for letting us see.

Coker.

The more I look, the more there is to see!

thoughton

Member

13 years
Saffron Walden, Essex

Link Posted 22/01/2011 - 00:24

Fantastic

Great comp, background, sharpeness, wing, great everything!

Edit: I'm still looking at the image

it really is brilliant, one of the best BIF I've ever seen.

Tim
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Last Edited by thoughton on 22/01/2011 - 00:25

GIULIO57

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14 years
Firenze-Italia

Link Posted 22/01/2011 - 07:58

Wonderful

PPG

sandinista

Member

12 years
Bollington, Cheshire, UK

Link Posted 22/01/2011 - 10:17

Superbly shot, truly excellent, you should enter that into the wildlife comp

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tomkeet

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14 years
County Durham, England

Link Posted 22/01/2011 - 19:07

Beautiful shot, excellent.

Regards
Tom

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analogue

Member

14 years
Lisbon

Link Posted 22/01/2011 - 21:38

I love this one!
Well done.

szgabor

Member

13 years
Budapest, Hungary

Link Posted 23/01/2011 - 04:58

Wow! It is excellent.

Regards,
Gábor
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Camera Make:	PENTAX
Camera Model:	PENTAX K-5
Date Taken:	2011-01-21 13:57:06
Exposure Program:	Aperture priority
Aperture:	f/5.6
Max Aperture Value:	N/A
ISO Speed Rating:	800
Focal Length:	200 mm
Lens:	N/A
Metering Mode:	Pattern/Matrix
Exposure Time:	1/4000 sec