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Wire-tailed swallow

Wire-tailed swallow

Wire-tailed swallow male bird on a pole.

Pashan Lake, Pune, India
October 2018
RAW: DSC_1785

Wire-tailed swallow male bird on a pole.

Pashan Lake, Pune, India
October 2018
RAW: DSC_1785
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NIKON D5300

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settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 320 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 500/1

location

location

Pune, Maharashtra, IN

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2018

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