robertjpalmer

Sunset Bird

Sunset Bird

As the sun had a wonderful warm orange glow, a pigeon landed on a lone branch of the tree outside my room and I got this great silhouette....
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As the sun had a wonderful warm orange glow, a pigeon landed on a lone branch of the tree outside my room and I got this great silhouette.
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camera

Canon EOS 550D

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/100 Focal Length 300/1

upload_date

upload_date

Mar, 2016

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144

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+6

Awards

Zenith Award

Creative Winter Award

Fall Award 2020

Top Choice

+12

Superb Composition

+10

Absolute Masterpiece

+7

Outstanding Creativity

+3

Peer Award

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