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The Egret has landed

The Egret has landed

A Snowy Egret lands in the marsh in the southern part of San Francisco Bay. The fall colors and with the stark white of the egret helped to pull this shot toget...
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A Snowy Egret lands in the marsh in the southern part of San Francisco Bay. The fall colors and with the stark white of the egret helped to pull this shot together. I just love to watch these birds. They were very active on this early morning shoot.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 2000 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 6000/10

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Dec, 2017

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Superb Composition

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Outstanding Creativity

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Perfectly timed shot!!!!

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Beautiful capture!

This is just outstanding...ballerina with wings....

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EXTREME PERFECTION

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Excellent image of this egret landing well done Mark:-)

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Brilliant in flight image.

Masterful capture.

Talk about perfecting timing Mark; this is spot on and gorgeous!!! :-))

A beautiful capture, Mark! They are such beautiful birds. Perfect timing!

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Love this.....great capture!!

A beautiful ballerina! gorgeous capture!

❤ this!! シ

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Great action capture!

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Gorgeous!!!! Beautiful color and perfect timing!!
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Great capture / Voted

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Great capture!

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