After the Rain | Nature and Wildlife photos | Photo Forum

I just took a look at the Exif data that flickr recorded for this photo.
It is truly incredible …. the amount of information provided.
I’m going to have research half this stuff just to understand it is.

Here’s the list:
Exif data

Camera Nikon D5100
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 300 mm
Focal Length 302.0 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash
Orientation Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution 300 dpi
Y-Resolution 300 dpi
Software Ver.1.00
Date and Time (Modified) 2013:04:20 09:15:45
YCbCr Positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Manual
Sensitivity Type Recommended Exposure Index
Date and Time (Original) 2013:04:20 09:15:45
Date and Time (Digitized) 2013:04:20 09:15:45
Compressed Bits Per Pixel 4
Max Aperture Value 5.7
Metering Mode Multi-segment
Light Source Unknown
Sub Sec Time 80
Sub Sec Time Original 80
Sub Sec Time Digitized 80
Color Space sRGB
Sensing Method One-chip color area
CFAPattern [Red,Green][Green,Blue]
Custom Rendered Normal
Exposure Mode Manual
White Balance Auto
Digital Zoom Ratio 1
Focal Length (35mm format) 450 mm
Scene Capture Type Standard
Gain Control Low gain up
Contrast Normal
Saturation High
Sharpness Hard
Subject Distance Range Unknown
Maker Note Version 2.10
Quality Fine
White Balance Auto
Focus Mode AF-S
Flash Setting Normal
White Balance Fine Tune 0 0
WB_ RBLevels 1.796875 1.30078125 1 1
Program Shift 0
Exposure Difference -1.4
Flash Exposure Comp 0
ISOSetting 400
Image Boundary 0 0 4928 3264
External Flash Exposure Comp 0
Flash Exposure Bracket Value 0.0
Exposure Bracket Value 0
Crop Hi Speed Off (4992×3280 cropped to 4992×3280 at pixel 0,0)
Exposure Tuning 0
Serial Number 3020770
Color Space sRGB
VRInfo Version 0100
Vibration Reduction On
Active D- Lighting Off
Picture Control Version 0100
Picture Control Name Vivid
Picture Control Base Vivid
Picture Control Adjust Quick Adjust
Picture Control Quick Adjust +2
Sharpness 6
Contrast +1
Brightness Normal
Saturation +2
Hue Adjustment None
Filter Effect n/a
Toning Effect n/a
Toning Saturation n/a
Timezone -05:00
Daylight Savings Yes
Date Display Format M/D/Y
ISOExpansion Off
ISO2 400
ISOExpansion2 Off
Auto Distortion Control On
Lens Type G VR
Lens 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Flash Mode Did Not Fire
Shooting Mode Single-Frame
Lens FStops 4.67
Shot Info Version 0221
Firmware Version 1.00f
Noise Reduction Off
Color Balance Unknown
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Lens Data Version 0204
Exit Pupil Position 107.8 mm
AFAperture 5.8
Focus Position 0x22
Focus Distance 7.08 m
Lens IDNumber 172
Min Focal Length 55.0 mm
Max Focal Length 302.0 mm
Max Aperture At Min Focal 4.5
Max Aperture At Max Focal 5.7
MCUVersion 174
Effective Max Aperture 5.7
Retouch History None
Image Data Size 4507146
Shutter Count 9555
Flash Info Version 0104
Flash Source None
External Flash Firmware n/a
External Flash Flags (none)
Flash Commander Mode Off
Flash Control Mode Off
Flash Compensation 0
Flash GNDistance 0
Flash Color Filter None
Flash Group AControl Mode Off
Flash Group BControl Mode Off
Flash Group CControl Mode Off
Flash Group ACompensation 0
Flash Group BCompensation 0
Flash Group CCompensation 0
Multi Exposure Version 0100
Multi Exposure Mode Off
Multi Exposure Shots 0
Multi Exposure Auto Gain Off
High ISONoise Reduction Off
Power Up Time 2013:03:28 19:06:54
AFInfo2 Version 0100
Contrast Detect AF Off
AFArea Mode Single Area
Phase Detect AF On (11-point)
Primary AFPoint Center
AFPoints Used Center
Contrast Detect AFIn Focus No
File Info Version 0100
Directory Number 100
File Number 7477
Compression JPEG (old-style)
XResolution 300
YResolution 300
Resolution Unit inches
Preview Image Start 12428
Preview Image Length 25981
YCb Cr Positioning Co-sited
Compression JPEG (old-style)