Feeding time - (Published by GETTY IMAGES) & (Selected for FLICKR EXPLORE)

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***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on June 5th 2021

 

 

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1321658778 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

 

 

This photograph became my 5,030th 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 Tuesday 8th June 2021 to appear on FLICKR EXPLORE (Highest Ranking: #366. This is my 202nd photograph to be selected.

 

 

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Sixty one metres at 11:41am on a summer morning on Wednesday 2nd June 2021, off Hythe Avenue and Chessington Avenue in Bexleyheath, Kent.

 

 

Here we see a Mother Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding her baby. Starlings are Passerines measuring up to 21cm in length with up to a 42cm wingspan. They are most abundant in the South East of England and are capable of mimicking many sounds around them and despite being a common sight in UK gardens, their decline elsewhere sees them on the red conservation list.

 

 

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Nikon D850 Focal length 500mm Shutter speed: 1/640s Aperture f/7.1 iso200 Hand held with Tamron VC Vibration control set to ON in position 1 Image area FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW Size L (8256 x 5504) 14 bit uncompressed file AF-C Priority Selection: Release. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. AF-S Priority selection: Focus. 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual exposure mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1 (4660k) Colour space: RGB Picture control: Neutral (Sharpening +2)

 

 

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150 95mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 circular polariser glass filter.Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960.Two Nikon EN-EL15a batteries (Priority to battery in Battery grip). Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.

 

 

 

 

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LATITUDE: N 51d 28m 28.35s

LONGITUDE: E 0d 8m 10.54s

ALTITUDE: 57.0m

 

 

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF FILE: 90.30MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 46.70MB

 

 

 

 

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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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