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Elk Landing

Elk Landing

When you are out taking pictures of birds you never know who you will run into. It was another rainy day in my latest photo adventure. I took this picture of a...
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When you are out taking pictures of birds you never know who you will run into. It was another rainy day in my latest photo adventure. I took this picture of a black bird landing on a bull elk somewhere in Oregon.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/13 ISO 1800 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 6000/10

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Jun, 2017

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394

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Magnificent Capture

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Seriously cool shot,Mark!!! How fortunate to see this!!! シ

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Awesome flight capture

Wow.. So cool!! シ

Cool shot, love the grass hanging out of it's mouth! :)

Absolutely incredible shot. Thanks for sharing your talent

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I said, "cool," out loud which is what most folks are saying about this cool photo

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Wow.....that must have been a very pleasant surprise!! Beautiful capture of both subjects!!! ; )

Magnificent.

Masterpiece plus! And neither of them seemed to mind the rain!

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Unreal . . . totally unreal! I know you must have Photoshopped that little bird in there, didn't you Mark! ")

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I didn't PS the bird, they were landing and standing on the elk. It really suprised me too. Crazy ha..

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what an amazing moment this must have been for you Mark !! Fabulous capture and I love the subtle edit!

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