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Found this hawk sitting on a branch watching me. The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge is a great place to find a lot of Birds of Prey. Sorry I cannot ID this...
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Found this hawk sitting on a branch watching me. The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge is a great place to find a lot of Birds of Prey. Sorry I cannot ID this bird.
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camera

NIKON D850

settings

settings

Aperture f/25 ISO 3200 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 3500/10

location

location

Sacramento, California, US

upload_date

upload_date

May, 2020

Views

125

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Awards

Peer Award

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Top Choice

+4

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Great capture, Mark! I like how you composed the shot from below and then the crisp detail of the bird and the soft lighting in the background.

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