Havelock

The brave

The brave

Took some preparing to get this one right. The sparrows at the cafe where I stopped for a coffee were clearly used to finding food on the tables. And one custom...
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Took some preparing to get this one right. The sparrows at the cafe where I stopped for a coffee were clearly used to finding food on the tables. And one customer was trying to feed them by hand. They didn't go straight for it, fortunately, so I had time to set up, and was ready on the shutter when this cheeky sparrow eventually eventually mustered the courage to come close. I manage to fire the shutter just at the moment the bird is about to get her rewards.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Aperture 28/10 ISO 800 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 100/1

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May, 2016

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