Feral pigeon (Columba Livia) - (Published by GETTY IMAGES)

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Forty one metres at 07:45am on Saturday 27th February 2021 off Blackheath Avenue and Charlton Way in the grounds of Greenwich Park,  one of the Royal Parks of London situated in Greenwich, South East London.

Here we see a Feral pigeon (Columba livia), a wild ancestor of domestic world pigeons. A common sight in UK gardens, and traditionally seen on London postcards of Piccadilly circus until the feeding of pigeons was banned, they can weigh up to 370g with a wingspan of 34cms. There are approximately 550,000 breeding pairs in the UK.

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 Nikon D850  Hand held with Tamron VR vibration reduction enabled on setting One. Focal length 600mm    Shutter speed: 1/160s    Aperture f/6.3   ISO1000    Image area FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L (8256 x 5504).  NEF RAW L (14 bit uncompressed)  Focus mode AF-C focus.  AF-C Priority Selection: Release. Nikon Back button focusing enabled.   Auto ISO  3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points.AF-Area mode single point & 73 point switchable.  Exposure mode:  Manual mode. Matrix metering.  White balance on: Auto1 (6990K). Colour space: RGB.  Vignette control: Normal. Picture control: Auto (Sharpening A +1/Clarity A+1)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2.  Lee SW150 MKII filter holder.  Lee SW150 95mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 circular polariser glass filter.Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960.Two Nikon EN-EL15a batteries (Priority to battery in Battery grip).  Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.  

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LATITUDE: N 51d 28m 30.70s
LONGITUDE: E  0d  0m  19.36s
ALTITUDE: 41.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB  NEF: 94.2MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 26.70MB

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PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.20 (14/01/2021)  LD Distortion Data 2.018 (18/02/20) 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 1.4.1 (18/02/2020). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.13.5.  Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

Taken in: UK / England / Greenwich / Blackheath Westcombe (show map)

Taken on: February 27, 2021

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/5.6, 1/30 sec, 220mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

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Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	220mm
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Windows
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