{"id":1156,"date":"2008-06-14T01:06:34","date_gmt":"2008-06-14T00:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1156"},"modified":"2013-11-20T20:40:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T20:40:18","slug":"kestrel-sighted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/kestrel-sighted\/","title":{"rendered":"Kestrel sighted"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

No, not the new and improved version of the Opera Browser<\/a> launched yesterday, but a kestrel of the feathered variety. <\/p>\n

I decided to explore a different route today, which took me out to some playing fields.
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There were numerous rabbits about enjoying the sunshine.
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But it was some movement overhead that really caught my eye. A kestrel was sweeping the field. My first set of shots were into the light (and have been quickly discarded), but it turned so that the sun was behind me and I was able to get a number of usable shots. <\/p>\n

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More birds from today in the June Birds<\/a> album, including this closing shot of a robin. The shot was taken under thick foliage, handheld and without flash. The shutter speed was a miserable 1\/50s and the lens was at 400mm. It's a good example of just how effective the image stabilization in lenses can be.<\/p>\n

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Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,980,1003,8,1004],"tags":[33,1152,1130,78],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-birds-2","category-landscape-2","category-rabbit","category-south-downs-national-park-landscape-2","tag-birds","tag-kestrel","tag-rabbit","tag-robin","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t