sabrinajoseph

sparrowhawk

sparrowhawk

I was lucky to see this bird of prey for the first time ever recently on a photography outing in stockport.

I was lucky to see this bird of prey for the first time ever recently on a photography outing in stockport.
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camera

NIKON D300

settings

settings

Aperture 5/1 ISO 200 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 300/1

location

location

Stockport, GB

upload_date

upload_date

Dec, 2020

Views

244

Likes

+20

Awards

Winter Award 2020

Peer Award

+1

Top Choice

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Top Ranks

Top 30 rank week 1

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photograph was taken in Brabyn's Park, Marple a chance encounter with a beautiful Male Sparrowhawk on a nice sunny day. The worst nightmare to all pigeons and garden bird's.

Time

Afternoon

Lighting

No

Equipment

Canon SX430mp camera

Inspiration

My love of nature and appreciation of this bird of preys beauty.

Editing

No

In my camera bag

Canon Powershot SX430 20MP

Feedback

Keep trying and without realising your photography skills and they'll be commended by others and knowledge of your subject i.e wildlife for me comes with research and learning animals habits as creatures of habit

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