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Violet Backed Starling: South Africa

Violet Backed Starling: South Africa

Very difficult to photograph (especially for novices like me!) as they are very busy and flit around all the time usually in shrubs and small trees. This fellow...
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Very difficult to photograph (especially for novices like me!) as they are very busy and flit around all the time usually in shrubs and small trees. This fellow sat still for 2-3 seconds and the is the result. Not a great picture, but a good memory for me!
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NIKON D3100

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Aperture 56/10 ISO 220 Shutter 10/5000 Focal Length 2500/10

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Mar, 2017

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57

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Thank you for this...I am glad you enjoyed the photo....not top quality and that means alot to me!!

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