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Great Blue Heron takes off from the wetlands near New Chicago Marsh in Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. ...
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Great Blue Heron takes off from the wetlands near New Chicago Marsh in Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 320 Shutter 10/20000 Focal Length 1800/10

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Apr, 2017

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Awards

Winner in Heron Reflections Photo Challenge

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Superb Composition

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Magnificent Capture

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Top Choice

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Outstanding Creativity

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Superior Skill

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Virtuoso

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This is fantastic !!

WOW!! シ

What a magnificent capture.

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This is amazing....what a perfect capture

Just amazing....

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How perfect!

Totally marvelous.

Perfect capture and composition with that wonderful reflection!

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SWEET!!! Just absolutely sweet!

Just awesome, mark! Wow!

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Great shot:-)

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Great capture and composition!

beautiful !!

Great shot!

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This is so amazing Mark. What a fantastic capture.

Excellent capture

wonderful!

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Fantastic capture and reflection! Thank you for joining my "Single Bird" challenge! Good Luck!

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Amazing capture!!! :)

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Oh WOW!! Magnificent
Martha

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Awesome capture

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The form, shapes, colors and simplicity are all appealing. An excellent image.

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Congrats on your Win! Thats a Beautiful Picture!

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Beautiful shot. I love how close the wing tips are to the calm water

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