Female Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) on Lavendula - (Published by GETTY IMAGES) & (Selected for FLICKR EXPLORE)

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I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 36.701+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

 

 

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on August 4th 2020

 

 

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1263645526 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

 

 

This photograph became my 4,733rd frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

 

 

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**** This frame was chosen on August 5th 2020 to appear on FLICKR EXPLORE (Highest Ranking: #253. This is my 189th photograph to be selected.

 

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Fifty seven metres at 15:35pm on Monday 3rd August 2020, of a Female Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) butterfly, resting on the leaves of a Lavendula (Common name Lavender plant), off Chessington Avenue in Bexleyheath, Kent, England.

 

 

It is also known as the 'Hedge brown', a medium sized butterfly found in abundance in the UK.

 

 

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Nikon D850 Handheld with Sigma OS Optical Stabilization set to normal. Focal length 600mm Shutter speed: 1/200s Aperture f/6.3 iso64 Image area FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L (8256 x 5504). NEF RAW L (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX). Focus mode AF-C focus. AF-C Priority Selection: Release. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. AF-S Priority selection: Focus. 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points.AF-Area mode single point & 73 point switchable. Exposure mode: Shutter Priority mode. Matrix metering. Auto ISO sensitivity control on (Max iso 800/ Miniumum shutter speed 125). White blance on: Auto1. Colour space: RGB. Actve D-lighting: Normal. Vignette control: Normal. Nikon Distortion control: Enabled. Picture control: Auto (Sharpening A +1/Clarity A+1

 

 

Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3DG OS HSM SPORTS. Lee SW150 MKI filter holder with MK2 light shield and custom made velcro fitting for the Sigma lens. Lee SW150 circular polariser glass filter.Lee SW150 Filters field pouch.Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Two Nikon EN-EL15a batteries (Priority to battery in Battery grip). Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.

 

 

 

 

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LATITUDE: N 51d 28m 28.51s

LONGITUDE: E 0d 8m 10.14s

ALTITUDE: 57.0m

 

 

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.5MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 10.70MB

 

 

 

 

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PROCESSING POWER:

 

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.10 (9/05/2019) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (18/02/20) LF 1.00

 

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit Version 1.4.1 (18/02/2020). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.13.5. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

 

 

 

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