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Beauty in death..

Beauty in death..

Winter is often called the short death. And for Kingfisher's in Europe it often is. These active birds do need to fish and eat daily and as the last open w...
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Winter is often called the short death. And for Kingfisher's in Europe it often is. These active birds do need to fish and eat daily and as the last open waters froze over in Bialowieza, this little guy didn't make it.
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NIKON D3X

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Aperture f/22 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 700/10

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location

Bialowieza, Mazowieckie, PL

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upload_date

Jan, 2016

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King fishers are such fast guys, sad to see him slow down to a stop

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