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Smart Duck

A small stream that goes thru the campus at U.C. Davis is the home for this wood duck. By the way this was a 4 mile hike to find just one of these beautiful bi...
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A small stream that goes thru the campus at U.C. Davis is the home for this wood duck. By the way this was a 4 mile hike to find just one of these beautiful birds….
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camera

NIKON Z 9

settings

Aperture 63/10 ISO 5000 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 5500/10

location

location

Davis, California, US

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2023

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102

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+19

Awards

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Superb Composition

Outstanding Creativity

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Beautiful Wood Duck, Mark!

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He's a handsome one! Cool image!

PRO

Wood Ducks are so pretty, and so hard to capture...you did it great!

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when we were in Arizona we saw a bunch in a park. Here you have to hunt and hunt and maybe see one.

Beautiful steely shot. Like the water patterns

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Duck and water art stunning.

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