robinelliott_2169

Cuckoo Touchdown

Cuckoo Touchdown

spent a few hours with this fantastic bird. This was my favourite picture of the session. I captured it by pre-focusing on the perch and as the cuckoo was about...
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spent a few hours with this fantastic bird. This was my favourite picture of the session. I captured it by pre-focusing on the perch and as the cuckoo was about to touch down I fired the shutter.
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camera

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 640 Shutter 1/800

location

location

Surrey, GB

upload_date

upload_date

Jul, 2021

Views

117

Likes

+13

Awards

Creative Winter Award

Absolute Masterpiece

+3

Peer Award

+2

Outstanding Creativity

+2

Superb Composition

+1

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Wow! Fantastic capture! Hardly ever see this very special bird and you have managed a wonderful portait of it....

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