Egyptian goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) - (Published by GETTY IMAGES)

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Seventeen metres, at 14:11pm on Thursday 20th June 2019, off Hyde Park Corner and Park Lane A4202 in the grounds of Hyde park, a Grade 1 listed Royal Park (the largest of) of London.  

Here we see an Egyptian goose  (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) taking a snooze whilst perched on one leg  on the lake in St James's Park. These were once considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians, appearing in much of thier artwork. They are native to Africa South of the Sahara.

Spanning an area of 350 acres, the park is divided by the Serpentine and the Long water lakes, and was created by King Henry VIII in 1536 as hunting ground. It opened to the puiblic in 1637 and was extensively improved under Queen Caroline in the early righteenth century. The Great exhibition for which the Crystal Palace was erected, designed by Joseph Paxton, was also held here.

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Nikon D850 Focal length 300mm    Shutter speed 1/640s   Aperture f/5.6   iso64  RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L 6880 x 4584 FX). Hand held with Nikkor VR Vibration (Normal) selected .  Colour space Adobe RGB. Nikon Back button focusing enabled.  Focus mode AF-C focus 51 point with 3-D tracking. AF Area mode single. Exposure mode - Manual  exposure. Matrix metering. ISO Sensitivity: Auto. Auto 1 white balance. Nikon Distortion control on. Vignette control Normal. Active D-lighting on Automatic. High ISO Noise Reduction: On. Picture control: Auto with Sharpening A+1.00.

Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder.  Lee SW150Con adapter for Lee 100 rings.Lee 100 67mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 Circular polariser glass filter. Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Nikon EN-EL15a battery. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.  Nikon GP-1 GPS module. 

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LATITUDE: N 51d 30m 21.33s
LONGITUDE: E  0d  9m 50.11s
ALTITUDE: 17.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB  NEF: 91.1MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 29.40MB

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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.10 (9/05/2019)  LD Distortion Data 2.017 (20/3/18) LF 1.00 

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit  processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit (Version 1.2.11 15/03/2018). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit (Version 1.4.7 15/03/2018). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 1.3.2 15/03/2018). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

Taken in: UK / England / Westminster / Knightsbridge and Belgravia (show map)

Taken on: June 20, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/5.6, 1/640 sec, 300mm, ISO 64 (more info) (hide info)

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Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	64
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
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