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Grackle and Prey

Grackle and Prey

I was shooting night heron's and this Grackle showed up twenty feet from me and snapped up a dragonfly. Sometimes surprises happen ;)...
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I was shooting night heron's and this Grackle showed up twenty feet from me and snapped up a dragonfly. Sometimes surprises happen ;)
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II

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settings

Aperture f/9 ISO 800 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 600/1

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upload_date

May, 2015

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+9

Awards

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