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golden hour illuminates feathers 2

golden hour illuminates feathers 2

So I decided that the original was cropped too close , so went back and got my original shot and put that up instead. This is the evening sun illuminating the f...
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So I decided that the original was cropped too close , so went back and got my original shot and put that up instead. This is the evening sun illuminating the feathers of a duck by the lake side. You can also see a slight reflection of the golden hour in the water also.
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HDC-TM90

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Aperture f/2.0 Shutter 1/120

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Jun, 2014

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Nicely done, voted

thank you. I couldn't believe how the sun played with the color of the feathers.

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This one comes together well. Good job, Linda. Voted.

Thanks. I'm not normally down at the duck pond in the evening, but I'm so glad that this day I deferred my walk till the evening. It really surprirzed me when I checked the photo.

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