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24-Aug-2016 Donald E. Casavecchia

Mississippi Kite

Warrenton, Virginia

Been trying different 'long distant' flight-capturing techniques on what I believe to be a small group of these kites high above the treeline bordering our front field over the past four days.
I've concluded I'm not real good at taking flight shots of kites. The Mississippi Kite is considered a 'rare' bird in Virginia, so I need to report this to 'eBird'.
Best viewed in 'original' size.

Nikon D800 ,AF-S VR Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8G with TC-20 E II
1/2000s f/9.0 at 600mm iso2000
DX Image Cropped 4x6" Landscape with Reduced pixels for Internet Viewing hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time24-Aug-2016 09:14:21
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D800
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length400 mm
Exposure Time1/2000 sec
Aperturef/9
ISO Equivalent2000
Exposure Bias0.00
White Balance0
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance23.714 m

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Jim Yolda25-Aug-2016 19:37
Pretty good image and the skill that goes along with getting it!
Tom Munson25-Aug-2016 03:25
Terrific image of this rare bird, Don.
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal24-Aug-2016 16:19
Always good to find and rare bird.
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