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Egret eating a bird

Egret eating a bird

Photographed from a boat whilst floating down the river. I'm not sure whether this Cattle Egret found a dead bird in the water or whether it found it in a ...
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Photographed from a boat whilst floating down the river. I'm not sure whether this Cattle Egret found a dead bird in the water or whether it found it in a nest. Bottom line is it was becoming breakfast.
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camera

NIKON D7100

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Aperture 71/10 ISO 400 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 4200/10

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Sep, 2016

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63

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+10

Awards

Peer Award

Outstanding Creativity

Superb Composition

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