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Photograph taken at an altitude of Four metres at 14:00pm on Friday 17th February 2024, off the Mall and Horse Guards Road within the grounds of St James's Park in Central London, one of the Royal parks of London situated in South West London.

Here we see a Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) drying it's wings on the lake. These large birds can weigh 2.8kg and have a wingspan up to 160cms. Conservation status is green in the UK with 9,018 pairs recorded in 2023.

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Nikon D850    Focal length 600mm    Shutter speed: 1/400s (Mechanical shutter)   Aperture f/6.3   ISO: Auto ISO2000     Hand held with Tamron VR Vibration reduction enabled on setting  1.  Image area FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L (8256 x 5504).   (14 bit uncompressed file)  Focus mode AF-C focus.  AF-C Priority Selection: Release. Nikon Back button focusing enabled   AF-Area mode: 3D-Tracking    Exposure mode:  Manual mode   Metering mode: Matrix metering   White balance on: Natural light Auto, 0, 0   Colour space: RGB.  Picture control: Neutral (NL) (Sharpening +2.00)   

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.  

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LATITUDE: N 51d 30m 13.20s
LONGITUDE: W  0d  7m 46.50s
ALTITUDE: 7.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB  NEF: 57.2MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 49.00MB

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 / Commonwealth of Nations (show map)

Taken on: February 16, 2024

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/6.3, 1/320 sec, 600mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Windows
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