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John Dicus | all galleries >> Ecuador, South America >> Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge, Ecuador > Turquoise Jay 5
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06-OCT-2007 John Dicus

Turquoise Jay 5

Bellavista

This jay flew into the trees around the dining room one afternoon. It caught a Rothschildia moth and plucked the wings off of it one at a time, letting them spin and tumble to the forest floor in front of our eyes. I grabbed the camera and ran outside, but by the time I got to it, the moth had been reduced to this, the body and antennae only, which it gulped down after I snapped this one image.

Nikon D200 ,Nikkor 300mm f/2.8D ED-IF II AF-S
1/125s f/2.8 at 300.0mm iso400 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time06-Oct-2007 06:37:00
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D200
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length300 mm
Exposure Time1/125 sec
Aperturef/2.8
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Milan Vogrin26-Jan-2008 20:36
Great photo. Like the colour of bird and the background, great contrast! V!