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Bee-eater
drjpmenon

Bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti)

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater.
A chance shot of this winter visitor. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened.
Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
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Location
South India
Date taken
December 2022
Scientific name
Merops leschenaulti
Equipment used
Nikon D7100, Nikkor 500mm f4
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
f 4 @ 1/250 ISO 360
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Reactions: Stanchec33, delia todd and Ted Y.
bievreJJ
wow! fantastic portrait of this marvelous bee-eater in the rain, JP, what a beauty, many tfs!!
 
jbpixels
Hope the rain did not wash off its beautiful colours :ROFLMAO:πŸ˜Άβ€πŸŒ«οΈπŸŒˆπŸŒ§οΈ. Love its stunning colours like sunshine after rain.
 

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Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Added by
drjpmenon
Date added
View count
289
Comment count
9

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7100
Aperture
Ζ’/4
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/250 second(s)
ISO
360
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
_DEC0898.JPG
File size
796.3 KB
Date taken
Mon, 12 December 2022 8:06 AM
Dimensions
1200px x 800px

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