Male Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) taking a break on a rooftop gutter - (Published by GETTY IMAGES)

            ©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to  ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 

.
.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 49.209+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site. 

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Thursday 1st February 2024

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1972382621 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,897th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 

.
.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Fifty seven metres at 11:23am on an overcast morning on Friday 3rd March 2023, off Chessington Avenue in Bexleyheath, Kent.

Here we see an adult female Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), a bird of prey belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, Common Kestrel or Old World kestrel. In the United Kingdom, where no other kestrel species commonly occurs, it is generally just called "kestrel".

Female kestrels are an unremarkable shade of mid-brown, with their upper parts a richer shade than their breast and underparts.Their wingtips are darker brown than the rest of their bodies, and their tails are light brown, barred with darker, almost black banding. Female kestrels’ bodies are speckled all over with mottled darker markings.

.
.

Nikon D850  Focal length 600mm    Shutter speed: 1/125s   Aperture f/7.1   ISO Sensitivity: Auto ISO iso90    Hand held with Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1   Image area FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L (8256 x 5504)  (14 bit uncompressed)     Focus Mode: AF-C    Nikon Back button focusing enabled   AF-S Priority selection: Focus  AF-Area Mode:  3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points   Exposure mode: Manual exposure    Metering mode: Matrix metering    White balance on: Natural Light Auto, 0, 0    (4570k)    Colour space: RGB    Active D-Lighting: Normal   Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening  +3  Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2.  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).  Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.  

LATITUDE: N 51d 28m 28.21s
LONGITUDE: E  0d  8m 10.54s
ALTITUDE: 57.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB        NEF: 89.4MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 22.50MB

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 on: March 3, 2023

Tags:

nikon

flickr

'despite straight lines (paul Williams)'

getty

'getty images'

'despite straight lines'

d850

'nikon d850'

nature

beauty

'natural beauty'

'mother nature'

bexleyheath

kent

'tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2'

tamron

'tamron 150-600mm G2'

'female kestrel (falco tinnunculus)'

'female kestrel'

'falco tinnunculus'

'bird of prey'

raptor

'common kestrel'

'eurasian kestrel'

'european kestrel' « less

Sets appears in: • PUBLISHED, COMPETITION WINNERS & GETTY IMAGES (10) • CREATURE FEATURES (3) more » • Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 (3) « less

Groups appears in: • NIKON PROFESSIONAL • Tamron Lenses - Official Tag Required more » • Nikon Europe Group • Tamron 150-600 Nikon mount • Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 • Nikon D850 Group « less

Camera: Nikon D850, f/7.1, 1/125 sec, 600mm, ISO 90 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	90
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Windows
Show full info

Stats: 306 views