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Black Drongo
drjpmenon

Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

S/he was far away. BG is a half-dried Chromolaena bush which didn't help the exposure either .
Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous post.
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Location
South India
Date taken
February 2022
Scientific name
Dicrurus macrocercus
Equipment used
Nikon D7100, Nikkor 500mm
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
f4.5 @ 1/1000 ISO 200
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Reactions: delia todd, Scridifer, Fritz73 and 3 others
KC Foggin
Supporter
Wow! That setting really shows off this beautifully captured Drongo JP! This image couldn't exceed brilliance.
 
bievreJJ
nicely showing that deep-forked tail, JP, superb capture of this black beauty, many tfs!!
 
Jonno52
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It's a terrific shot JP! I can imagine exposure would need adjusting for that background, but this is a fine result (y)(y)(y)
 

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Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Added by
drjpmenon
Date added
View count
557
Comment count
13

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7100
Aperture
ƒ/4.5
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1000 second(s)
ISO
200
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
_FEB7335.JPG
File size
975.5 KB
Date taken
Sun, 13 February 2022 10:24 AM
Dimensions
1142px x 900px

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