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Barred Owl - Blue Cypress Lake Florida

Barred Owl - Blue Cypress Lake Florida

The sun had just broken the horizon when we found this Barred Owl perched on a Cypress tree. A textured background was added...
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The sun had just broken the horizon when we found this Barred Owl perched on a Cypress tree. A textured background was added
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camera

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

settings

settings

Aperture f/4 ISO 800 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 500/1

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upload_date

Aug, 2018

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178

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+38

Awards

Peer Award

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