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Musk Lorikett

Musk Lorikett

Every year these beautiful Musk Lorikeets come to our silver birch tree. They are noisy chatting away to each other ! But they are just beautiful to watch too !...
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Every year these beautiful Musk Lorikeets come to our silver birch tree. They are noisy chatting away to each other ! But they are just beautiful to watch too ! :-) This was taken with my 55-200mm lens.
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camera

NIKON D90

settings

Aperture f/8.0 ISO 100 Shutter 10/1250

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May, 2013

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Excellent focus and clarity in the bird. Beautiful capture!

Thank you so much for your kind words !
Cheers Maureen :-)

Love this Maureen. The shot is so sharp.What lens do you use ?

Hi Donna , I used my 50mm - 200mm lens at f8. But now I use my Sigma Bigma 150mm - 500mm lens ....lol

magnificent colors and composition of this beautiful bird!

Beautiful!!!

PRO+

Absolutely beautiful shot, Maureen. Brian :-)

One word: lovely!

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