Cardinal

I'm not in the same league as some of you who do birds, but though that this might be of interest. I believe it's a Cardinal bird, and I took this in Swaziland with my 500mm zoom at extreme range and hand held. That's my excuse anyway.

Uploaded24/02/2010 - 16:23

CategoryWildlife / Nature

BodyPENTAX K10D

Shutter Speed1/350

Aperturef/6.7

LensN/A

ISO100

Focal Length500mm

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Date Taken	27/12/2008 - 10:12
Make	PENTAX Corporation
Model	PENTAX K10D
Program Mode	Program
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/350
Aperture	f/6.7
ISO	100
Focal Length	500mm
Lens	N/A

matwhittingto... matwhittington

1474 posts
17 years
West London,
UK

Posted 24/02/2010 - 19:57 Link

It's a nice shot - very noble looking chap! and fantastically coloured

Regards

Mat

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goggalee goggalee

321 posts
18 years
Wellington,
New Zealand

Posted 25/02/2010 - 03:16 Link

Lovely shot, well taken!

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ariban ariban

2 posts
16 years
Kolkata

Posted 25/02/2010 - 10:45 Link

This is so good. Colours, BG, everything has come together.

Arijit

paulgee20 paulgee20

802 posts
17 years
Sat in Chair

Posted 25/02/2010 - 17:17 Link

Nice shot, hand held with a 500mm is always sooo difficult, well done.

Paul

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