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I was driving home from a calving at around midnight, when I caught sight of this chap in the beam of my headlights. I just had time to take a couple of shots ...
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I was driving home from a calving at around midnight, when I caught sight of this chap in the beam of my headlights. I just had time to take a couple of shots before he flew away!
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Aperture f/4.5 ISO 400 Shutter 1/60

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Mar, 2014

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