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This has the bar-tailed Godwit with the black bellied plovers to give a comparison for size. If the bird has it's beak out, it's easy to spot but if it's sleeping or beak in the sand, it blends in pretty well.


Altitude: 3m (9 feet)
Camera: Nikon D800
Date: Sunday, August 20th, 2017 at 4:58 PM
Exposure: 1/800 sec at f8.0
Exposure Compensation: 851 ev
ISO: 200 asa
Lens: 400mm f2.8G ED VR AF-S NIKKOR + TC-20E III
With cropping (you see 38% of the image as shot), this lens is effectively a 1290mm lens on a 35mm camera
Location:
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