20110802 Consider the birds of the sky

A trio of sparrows atop one of the Pechersk Lavra buildings, in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine.

Taken with my Nikon D40, fitted with a Tamron 70-300mm F4/5.6 DI LD (Nikon AFS) lens and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.

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Taken in: Ukraine / Kyiv City / Kyiv (show map)

Taken on: August 2, 2011

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Camera: Nikon D40, f/7.1, 1/1000 sec, 210mm (=315mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D40
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	210mm (35mm equivalent: 315mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PhotoScape
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