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Keeping an eye out for you

Keeping an eye out for you

This is a Great Horned Owl . I found this guy in the very top of a tree at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont California. With one eye open and sitting so s...
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This is a Great Horned Owl . I found this guy in the very top of a tree at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont California. With one eye open and sitting so still I thought he was a branch.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/8 ISO 5000 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 6000/10

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Mar, 2017

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Awards

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Superb Composition

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Magnificent Capture

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I love it...winking at you. Marvelous capture

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Oh my goodness..love this!!

Fantastic Capture Mark

Fabulous capture....thank goodness for long lenses!!

bahahaha..love it!!!

WOW!! シ

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This is fantastic! Really fantastic . . . How did you get so close? ッ

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I can only imagine what he's thinking - should be a caption contest.

he wants to tell you that he is the boss out there
Fantastic shot Mark!

Truly an amazing find. Proves the old saying sleeping with one eye open can be true!

I Just love how the owl is looking down at you. Makes you wonder what he is thinking.

Amazing!

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Great find and great capture!

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He has his eye on you! Loll, love it ,great shot Mark:-)

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