Monday, February 3, 2014

Flamingo

AMERICAN FLAMINGO, CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA, JANUARY 26, 2014

Pentax K-3
Pentax 55-300 at 300mm
1/2500 sec. f6.3
ISO 1600

Near Cartagena's cruise ship terminal lies a little park containing all sorts of birds, including a flock of flamingoes. This one is orange rather than pink owing to the beta carotene in its diet, according to the Wikipedia entry on the species.

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