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Curlew
Cornelis

Curlew

Amazing to see how a bird with a bill so long is struggling to get a crab inside!
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Habitat
Coastal area alongside the Scheldt River seadike
Location
Terrneuzen , The Netherlands
Date taken
20-12-2020
Equipment used
Numenius arquata
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/320 F6.3 ISO 500
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Reactions: delia todd, Tringa45, Stanley Jones and 4 others
j toon
superb lighting here cornelis...a brilliant image buddy...well done and many thanks...
 
bievreJJ
excellent photo of this curlew with its little catch, love it, Cornelis, many tfs!!
 
delia todd
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LOL it's got a way to go yet, hasn't it Kees!!!

That's a terrific picture you've taken of this Curlew and his crab - many thanks for showing it to us my friend.
 

Media information

Category
Britain & Europe
Added by
Cornelis
Date added
View count
721
Comment count
6

Image metadata

Device
OLYMPUS CORPORATION E-M1MarkII
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
400.0 mm
Exposure time
1/320 second(s)
ISO
500
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
Curlew.jpg
File size
524.2 KB
Date taken
Sun, 20 December 2020 10:07 AM
Dimensions
1522px x 1146px

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