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female Cardinal

female Cardinal

Sitting in her favorite thorn bush tree. I Have been photographing her since she was a fledgling Lens: Tamron 150-600 G2. ...
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Sitting in her favorite thorn bush tree. I Have been photographing her since she was a fledgling Lens: Tamron 150-600 G2.
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camera

NIKON D850

settings

settings

Aperture f/8 ISO 900 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 6000/10

location

location

Vail, Arizona, US

upload_date

upload_date

Feb, 2020

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185

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Beautiful and sharp.

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Thank you very much

Beautiful shot with wonderful clarity & details!

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Thank you Patsy

perfect depth of field, well done

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Thank you Nancy,have watched this one grow up.

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