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Cornelis

Curlew with crab_2 (Numenius arquata)

This is a continuation on my posting on 25 February, here the crab is a bit better to see.
It took 36 seconds from the extraction of the crab from the boulders, this image is taken at the moment of 26 seconds.
Just before this moment the bird lost the crab, but took it back soon.
In a later posting I will share the last image, one pincer of the crab was still in the corner of the bill, but it was too late, no more escape was possible.
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Habitat
Western Scheldt Estuary
Location
Terneuzen, The Netherlands
Date taken
21-02-2021
Scientific name
Numenius arquata
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/2000 f6.3 ISO 500
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peterow
A wonderful well timed and colourfully lit capture you have of this beauty Cornelis, well done.
 
delia todd
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That's a wonderfully detailed picture you've taken of this curlew Kees.

A fantastic image - very well done my friend.
 

Media information

Category
Britain & Europe
Added by
Cornelis
Date added
View count
63
Comment count
6

Image metadata

Device
OLYMPUS CORPORATION E-M1MarkII
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
400.0 mm
Exposure time
1/2000
ISO
500
Flash
On, did not fire
Filename
Curlew with crab_2.jpg
File size
419.5 KB
Date taken
Sun, 21 February 2021 1:38 PM
Dimensions
1742px x 1245px

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