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IMG_7014-800x600.jpg
16-OCT-2005

IMG_7014-800x600.jpg

Chinese Goshawk (immature)

Scientific name - Accipiter soloensis

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG) + Sigma 2x TC, 1600 mm]

Canon EOS 350D
1/50s f/18.0 at 1600.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original
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romy ocon 24-Feb-2007 09:03
The stare directed at me, coupled with the difficulty of finding this raptor while perched, are the reasons why this got into the Top non-Endemics list. This bird was on a branch high over the Subic rainforest. I had to snap on the Sigma 2x TC to the Sigmonster (total of 1600 mm) to make the subject bigger in the frame, as well as to get a shallower angle.