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Great Eget - Nesting Pair, Smith Oaks Rockery

Great Eget - Nesting Pair, Smith Oaks Rockery

camera

NIKON D850

settings

settings

Aperture f/9.5 ISO 360 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 400/1

location

location

Bolivar, Texas, US

upload_date

upload_date

Jun, 2021

Views

715

Likes

+265

Awards

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+131

Magnificent Capture

+44

Top Choice

+39

Absolute Masterpiece

+36

Superb Composition

+17

All Star

+4

Outstanding Creativity

+1

Genius

+1

Superior Skill

Virtuoso

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Beautiful capture!!!

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Beautiful! Nice shot

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Your best yet!

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Love this image!

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wow factor Lee

Amazing capture. Your bird images are so beautiful.

Absolutely stunning shot, Lee!! WOW Factor!😲

Elegant!

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Wow!!

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Fantastic capture of a beautiful moment. And razor sharp documented!

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Beautiful picture!

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Beautiful image.

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Wonderful shot!!

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Beautiful shot Victor

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lovely! thanks so much for your awards and likes!

Awesome capture, Lee!! Eveything's perfect!!

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Wonderful capture

Ultimate

Gorgeous shot!

Great shot & good moment

Platinum

You even got the green mating colors. Nice find .

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Great detail and you captured the emotion of the moment. Wonderful!

Ultimate

So impressed by the beauty, elegance, light and line movement. Outstanding!

Stunning shot ...WOW!!😳😃

PRO

So, so gorgeous!!!

Platinum

Amazing capture, Lee! 👏👏

great shot lee :~))

Brilliant shot!

It is both an amazing nature shot of these beautiful birds but also an abstracted work of art highlighting their shapes, patterns, color. Absolutely gorgeous.

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A beautiful capture Lee

A great shot!

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Beautiful picture!!

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Stunning capture Lee

Congratulations !!

Amazing shot!!!

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Beautiful replication of curves in the birds' feathers and the nesting branches....really adds movement to the image...the movement is captured in the image. Wonderful image!

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Very Nice Awesome capture

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Very nice. Awesome capture.

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Absolutely wonderful, Lee!

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