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Snowy Owl

Snowy Owl

It was a very cold morning -20 degrees. I spotted this owl in the distance between the wind and snow I hoped I could get close enough to get an interesting ima...
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It was a very cold morning -20 degrees. I spotted this owl in the distance between the wind and snow I hoped I could get close enough to get an interesting image. I think he was as cold as I was because he didn't seem to interested in flying off. I got several shots of this beautiful bird and left him alone.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 840/1

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Jan, 2016

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