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Banie

African Purple Swamphen

African Purple Swamphen

Very shy water bird, one of a breeding pair (end of breeding season) captured at the Island View bird hide on 14 ‎March ‎2018, ‏‎08:41:50. This was one ...
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Very shy water bird, one of a breeding pair (end of breeding season) captured at the Island View bird hide on 14 ‎March ‎2018, ‏‎08:41:50. This was one more lucky day for me as This was my first sighting of this bird ever. Post processing = cropping.
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camera

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

settings

settings

Aperture f/9 ISO 12800 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 388/1

upload_date

upload_date

Apr, 2018

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329

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+32

Awards

Peer Award

+25

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Nice capture. What a beautiful bird!

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Thanks for the compliment. This is another very shy bird that I managed to capture. I was most fortunate to be at the right time at the right place. Glad you enjoyed it.

Rietvlei near Pretoria, Banie?

PRO

Yebo yes. One of my favourite "hunting" grounds.

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