DexHortonPhotography

Northern Flicker

Northern Flicker

This is a lesson. Always be ready to shoot the bird when it pops up in front of you. I managed to get him in the frame, but my settings were for open field...
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This is a lesson. Always be ready to shoot the bird when it pops up in front of you. I managed to get him in the frame, but my settings were for open fields and not the woods. Oh, well. Perhaps I can claim that I intended for an abstract artistic shot of the orange bird and I planned it all in advance! That's it! I am a brilliant photographer for planning this amazing shot!
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Canon EOS 6D

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Aperture 63/10 ISO 100 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 450/1

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Aug, 2016

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