9P1A2811 Peregrine Falcon (Rochdale)

            01.00.02.07.2020
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), female (2nd cal yr).
This is the parent bird to two juveniles which I suspect will fledge in the next couple of days. The bird is only a year old and now going through moult. It is rare for a one-year-old female to have eggs that hatch whereas with one-year-old males fathering the success rate is much higher.  This is a new female in Rochdale and so is the male bird. The male bird very quickly replaced the one that died last season but the female did not accept the male which attempted infanticide with the juveniles. The female eventually disappeared. Both the male and the female treated me this year to some close shots on a church. Sadly they are nearly always perched in deep shade and spent most of their time sleeping! Since I was blessed with their presence I worked the birds and used the stonework and battlements to create natural blurs and vignettes. Oh, how I wished I had just one more stop of light...I'm still very happy though :) Small crop applied.

   

Taken on: July 1, 2020

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Adrian Dancy

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Sets appears in: • Rochdale's peregrine falcons

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Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, f/8.0, 1/250 sec, 1000mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	1000mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0
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