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Description Recurvirostra avosetta
Deutsch: Säbelschnäbler
English: Pied Avocet (juvenile) near Oosterend, Texel island, the Netherlands.
Français : Une Avocette élégante, photographiée près d'Oosterend, sur l'île de Texel, dans les Pays-bas.
Suomi: Avosetin poikanen lähellä Oosterendia, Texelin saaressa, Alankomaissa.
Date 5 June 2010
Source Own work
Author Andreas Trepte
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53° 5′ 23.18″ N, 4° 53′ 54.34″ E

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English: Pied Avocet ( Recurvirostra avosetta) chick near Oosterend, Texel island, the Netherlands.
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Camera manufacturer Canon
Camera model Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Author Andreas Trepte;(A.Trepte@gmx.de;www.photo-natur.de;491777513688
Exposure time 1/640 sec (0.0015625)
F-number f/8
ISO speed rating 640
Date and time of data generation 07:01, 5 June 2010
Lens focal length 400 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 240 dpi
Vertical resolution 240 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
File change date and time 10:41, 21 May 2011
Exposure Program Manual
Exif version 2.21
Date and time of digitizing 07:01, 5 June 2010
Shutter speed 9.321928
APEX aperture 6
Exposure bias 0
Maximum land aperture 5 APEX (f/5.66)
Subject distance 7.42 meters
Metering mode Pattern
Flash Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds 71
DateTimeOriginal subseconds 71
DateTimeDigitized subseconds 71
Colour space sRGB
Focal plane X resolution 3,795.3488372093
Focal plane Y resolution 3,904.3062200957
Focal plane resolution unit inches
Custom image processing Normal process
Exposure mode Manual exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Scene capture type Standard

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