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Cattle egret with her chicks in a nest in the middle of a man made lake. In order not to disturb the birds this shot was taken with a 500mm and a 1.4 TC in the...
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Cattle egret with her chicks in a nest in the middle of a man made lake. In order not to disturb the birds this shot was taken with a 500mm and a 1.4 TC in the crop mode.
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camera

NIKON Z 9

settings

Aperture 560/100 ISO 3200 Shutter 10/80000 Focal Length 5000/10

location

location

Costa Rica

upload_date

upload_date

Sep, 2022

Views

222

Likes

+62

Awards

People's Choice in Egret Portrait Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+29

Absolute Masterpiece

+12

Top Choice

+8

Superior Skill

Superb Composition

Magnificent Capture

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Top 20 rank

Top 30 rank week 1

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Awesome capture, Mark!!!

PRO

Beautiful family portrait! : ) Amazing capture!!!

Lovely detail

Adorable! They look like small punks -:)! Great shot Mark!

PRO

Congratulations on your Peoples Choice win.

Ultimate

Outstanding capture! Congratulations on your award.

Congrats Mark!

PRO

Congratulations on your PC win Mark.

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