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Gyr Falcon

by swarf

Nanook - a male Gyr Falcon at the Hawking Centre, Doddington, Kent.

Liked by pauljay

Uploaded03/06/2016 - 22:06

CategoryPets / Captive animals

BodyPENTAX K-5 II s

Shutter Speed1/500

Aperturef/8

LensN/A

ISO400

Focal Length170mm

Unique Views / Likes17/1

Tagsfalcon birds of prey

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Date Taken	20/05/2016 - 13:05
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-5 II s
Program Mode	Aperture Priority
Metering Mode	Center-weighted average
Shutter Speed	1/500
Aperture	f/8
ISO	400
Focal Length	170mm
Lens	N/A

Grodgeman Grodgeman

11 posts
10 years
France

Posted 03/06/2016 - 22:31 Link

A striking image.

GIULIO57 GIULIO57

31 posts
17 years
Firenze-Italia

Posted 04/06/2016 - 09:22 Link

Beautiful

PPG

Teaka53 Teaka53

83 posts
13 years
Norfolk UK

Posted 07/06/2016 - 14:11 Link

Very striking, as was the one on Springwatch

Malc

swarf swarf

850 posts
14 years
Woking

Posted 09/06/2016 - 16:41 Link

Teaka53 wrote:
...... as was the one on Springwatch

The speed of these birds 'up close' is amazing - far too fast for me to get anything really sharp of it at speed!

Phil

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