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Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)

You can see all of the cormorants perched in the trees behind. Apparently their guano signifigantly changes the chemistry in the area.


Camera: Nikon D2x
Date: Sunday, November 5th, 2006 at 1:26 PM
Exposure: 1/1000 sec at f4.5
ISO: 100 asa
Lens: 80-200mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S Zoom-Nikkor at 200mm
(equivalent field of view of a 300mm lens on a 35mm camera)
With cropping (you see 28% of the image as shot), this lens is effectively a 558mm lens on a 35mm camera
Photographer: John Harvey
Region: Asia, East Asia, China, Hong Kong, Mai Po Marshes
Scientific Name: species related to Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)
Tag: bird, Hong Kong, Mai Po Nature Reserve
Larger image: 2000 x 1333
Raw image: 2301 x 1534

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