PELAGIC BIRDS

Uploaded 20-Feb-13

Taken 16-Jul-10

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Category:Animals

Subcategory:Birds

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Dimensions3699 x 2467

Original file size1.5 MB

Image typeJPEG

Color spaceUnknown

Date taken16-Jul-10 12:58

Date modified16-Jul-10 12:58

Shooting Conditions

Camera makeCanon

Camera modelCanon EOS 7D

Focal length129 mm

Exposure1/1600 at f/5.6

FlashFired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias+2/3 EV

Exposure modeAuto

Exposure prog.Aperture priority

ISO speedISO 400

Metering modeSpot

adult Northern Gannet landing

Morus bassanus

Bonaventure Island, Quebec, 7-16-10

Gannets brake before landing, using their secondary wing feathers as ailerons to slow down. Their black webbed feet have greenish rays.