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Exeter Ship Canal

Red Breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator

This is my "Photo of the Week" for week ending 13 January 2011.

It's not often that you can get close enough to this species to get any detail but for some reason this bird, along with another were not disturbed as they fished (one caught a small perch as I watched), and then rested on the Exeter Ship Canal opposite Topsham. The light was good meaning that I was able to get some good sharp images and this one was the best of a fabulous session.

Pentax K-5
1/2000s f/4.0 at 300.0mm iso400 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time10-Jan-2011 11:51:54
MakePentax
ModelPENTAX K-5
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length300 mm
Exposure Time1/2000 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias-0.30
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Pierre Martin30-Nov-2011 23:55
nice shot, never had the luck
to shoot them that close
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