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Common Pheasant
Location
West Sweden
Date taken
13-10-2022
Scientific name
Phasianus colchicus
superb, super sharp inflight capture with beautiful merging colours, Ove, top marks, many tfs!!
 
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Superb work Ove, firstly getting the camera on the bird and then grabbing a shot of this quality. The fine detail is beautiful.
 
As a kid, my recurring flight dreams were about taking a running jump and then swimming, with strong, straining breast strokes and frog kicks, to pick up enough speed to stay airborne. Back then I could swim (in water) every stroke except butterfly. From this image it looks like that was the stroke I really needed for flying 🤣
 
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A real sense of speed there with the blurry background - for they are quite strong flyers, aren't they.

You've a grand picture here Ove - well done my friend.
 

Media information

Category
Britain & Europe
Added by
Digiscoper321
Date added
View count
814
Comment count
13

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Aperture
Æ’/5.6
Focal length
400.0 mm
Exposure time
1/800 second(s)
ISO
1250
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
fasan 4.jpg
File size
546.6 KB
Date taken
Thu, 13 October 2022 1:26 PM
Dimensions
1296px x 733px

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