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珍鳥、冬のカッコウ

Jan. 13, 2015
Common Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo

It was so incredibly far away that I used a 2× extender and cropped heavily on top of that. ^^;

At first I thought it was a large Japanese Sparrowhawk and raised my binoculars, then realised it was a Common Cuckoo and scrambled to shoot it… ^^;

Photos taken nearby (within 200 m)

Capture Data

Focal Length
1200.0 mm
Aperture
F8.0
ISO
640
Exposure Time
1/200 sec
Altitude
32.5 m
Elevation
3.7 m
Date & Time Taken
Jan. 13, 2015, 4:32 p.m.(JST)
Original
1684 × 1123 px
Location
Under adjustment due to policy change

Weather on that day

Jan. 13, 2015 (around the shooting location · hourly)

Max / Min
21.3 / 18.6 ℃
Total precipitation
0.00 mm
Max wind speed
12.25 m/s
Photos tagged with this tag: Common Cuckoo