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Leucistic Red Kite in Flight

Leucistic Red Kite in Flight

This is a photograph of a leucistic Red Kite in flight taken at Gigrin farm in Mid Wales. Leucism is the partial loss of pigmentation which causes the feathers ...
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This is a photograph of a leucistic Red Kite in flight taken at Gigrin farm in Mid Wales. Leucism is the partial loss of pigmentation which causes the feathers to be white, pale or patchy.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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settings

Aperture f/7.1 ISO 640 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 403/1

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location

Rhayader, Powys, GB

upload_date

upload_date

Apr, 2019

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81

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