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Cropped version of a picture from the English Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2005-05-n2-001-3118.jpg .

Photographer: Peter Asprey, http://www.peter-asprey.com/

Adult female Bottlenose Dolphin with two young at side, Inner Moray Firth, Scotland May 2005. Note the larger and fatter appearance of these bottlenose dolphins due to the colder waters. Near Chanonry Point. Photograph released to public for interest, science and education.

Special note, this is from a sequence, only this image of this sequence has been released..

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Camera manufacturer NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model NIKON D2H
Exposure time 1/1,000 sec (0.001)
F-number f/4.8
ISO speed rating 200
Date and time of data generation 11:19, 27 May 2005
Lens focal length 300 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 240 dpi
Vertical resolution 240 dpi
Software used Nikon Editor 6.2.0
File change date and time 09:16, 17 April 2007
Y and C positioning Centered
Exposure Program Shutter priority
Exif version 2.21
Date and time of digitizing 11:19, 27 May 2005
Meaning of each component
  1. Y
  2. Cb
  3. Cr
  4. does not exist
Shutter speed 0.25424528301887
APEX aperture 4.526069
Exposure bias 0
Maximum land aperture 3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering mode Centre weighted average
Light source Unknown
Flash Flash did not fire
DateTimeOriginal subseconds 05
DateTimeDigitized subseconds 05
Supported Flashpix version 0,100
Colour space Uncalibrated
Sensing method One-chip colour area sensor
File source Digital still camera
Scene type A directly photographed image
IIM version 2

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