Cornu aspersum (Garden snail) - (Published in THE GUARDIAN) & (Published by GETTY IMAGES)

            
This photograph was published in an online article in THE GUARDIAN (News provider of the year) magazine on Tuesday July 30th 2024. The article was titled:

 '' Life in the fast lane for snails this year ''

It had previously been selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on August 11th 2020

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1264952480 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 4,497th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection (I now have over 7,000 published through them. 

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Fifty nine metres at 06:49am on Monday 10th August 2020, of a Garden snail (Cornu aspersum)moving slowly across the grass, off Chessington Avenue in Bexleyheath, Kent.

This is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc of the Helicidae family.

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Nikon D850  Hand held with Sigma OS OPtical Stabilization enabled on normal setting. Focal length 380mm    Shutter speed: 1/30s  Aperture f/6.0   iso100   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.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960.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 28.19s
LONGITUDE: E  0d  8m 10.18s
ALTITUDE: 59.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB  NEF: 91.0MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 38.60MB

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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.

Taken in: UK / England / Bexley / Brampton (show map)

Taken on: August 10, 2020

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/6.0, 1/30 sec, 380mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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Aperture:	f/6.0
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	380mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Windows
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