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Snowy egret on black

Snowy egret on black

Snowy egret flying over a dark pond and shooting with -1.3 step exposure so I don't blow out the whites, produced this high contrast image. ...
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Snowy egret flying over a dark pond and shooting with -1.3 step exposure so I don't blow out the whites, produced this high contrast image.
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Canon EOS 70D

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Aperture f/0 ISO 400 Shutter 1/2500 sec. Focal Length 370/1

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Dec, 2015

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