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English: An adult male chicken, the rooster has a prominent fleshy crest on its head called a comb and hanging flaps of skin on either side under its beak called wattles.
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Description Gallus gallus ♂ (Linnaeus, 1758)
Deutsch: Haushahn
English: An adult male chicken, the rooster has a prominent fleshy crest on his head called a comb and hanging flaps of skin on either side under his beak called wattles.
Français : Un coq, mâle adulte entier de l'espèce Gallus gallus, possède un appendice charnu sur sa tête nommé crête et un sous chaque oeil nommé caroncule.
Date 15 December 2008
Source Own work
Author Muhammad Mahdi Karim ( www.micro2macro.net) Facebook
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Camera manufacturer Canon
Camera model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Exposure time 1/200 sec (0.005)
F-number f/4
ISO speed rating 400
Date and time of data generation 14:50, 15 December 2008
Lens focal length 150 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
File change date and time 22:05, 15 December 2008
Y and C positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Shutter priority
Exif version 2.21
Date and time of digitizing 14:50, 15 December 2008
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APEX aperture 4
Exposure bias 0
Metering mode Pattern
Flash Flash fired, compulsory flash firing, red-eye reduction mode
Supported Flashpix version 0,100
Colour space sRGB
Focal plane X resolution 4,433.2953249715
Focal plane Y resolution 4,453.6082474227
Focal plane resolution unit inches
Custom image processing Normal process
Exposure mode Auto exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Scene capture type Standard
Supported Flashpix version 1
Image height 1,334 px
Image width 2,000 px
Date metadata was last modified 01:05, 16 December 2008

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