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Oriental Darter
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Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)

Watching Darters come up with fish speared is always a fascinating sight. This one did catch a whopper! Probably a juvenile Catla (Catla catla)
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Habitat
Large Waterbody
Location
Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Date taken
31 January 2022
Scientific name
Anhinga melanogaster
Equipment used
Nikon D500, Nikkor 500mm f5.6 PF ED VR
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/1600 sec; f/7.1; ISO 500
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delia todd
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Such wonderful timing to get this picture!!! That's some lunch he's captured, isn't it.!!

A terrific picture Arijit - very well done my friend.
 

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Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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ariban
Date added
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Comment count
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Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D500
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1600 second(s)
ISO
500
Filename
31 jan 2022 knp darter 2.jpg
File size
6.3 MB
Date taken
Mon, 31 January 2022 8:30 AM
Dimensions
4788px x 3417px

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