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Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

A Great-horned owl photographed in-flight at the Carolina Raptor Center, Huntersville, NC.

A Great-horned owl photographed in-flight at the Carolina Raptor Center, Huntersville, NC.
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camera

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

settings

settings

Aperture f/6.7 ISO 5000 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 164/1

location

location

Huntersville, North Carolina, US

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2018

Views

2320

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+283

Awards

Top Shot Award 21

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+500

Top Choice

+28

Magnificent Capture

+19

Absolute Masterpiece

+17

Superb Composition

+15

Outstanding Creativity

+4

Superior Skill

+1

All Star

Genius

Virtuoso

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Exceptional action photography

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Excellent photo of a beautiful bird in flight -- bravo

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Wow. How long did you wait for this shot?

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Not long. Maybe 5 min. Max.

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Magnificent

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A beautiful moment in time, captured well.

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