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Freedom Flight

Freedom Flight

Hawk flies along the coast near Jenner California at sunrise.

Hawk flies along the coast near Jenner California at sunrise.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/18 ISO 4000 Shutter 10/1600 Focal Length 450/10

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Apr, 2016

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Love this composition....beautiful soft sky highlighting the hawk in flight.

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Thank you very much Glenda . Nice warm morning and a wild sky.

Awesome capture! Huge WOW on the capture AND the edit!!

beautiful capture .. lovely soft tones

I agree with the others!!! Awesome capture and edit!! :)

absolutely gorgeous!! ت

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Lovely hawk in flight - hard to capture!

Perfectly composed. I love the way the wing feathers are pointing up. Very unique and awesome.

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wow - fabulous capture of this hawk

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Beautiful capture, the perfect setting, well done:-)

Awesome capture, voted

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Awesome bird in flight. And it is a raptor.

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