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Defining Blow

Defining Blow

I was photographing the bighorn sheep in Jasper NP for a while at a distance of 50 meters. Just sitting in one spot the whole time the bighorn started to feel ...
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I was photographing the bighorn sheep in Jasper NP for a while at a distance of 50 meters. Just sitting in one spot the whole time the bighorn started to feel comfortable with me and came in much closer than I was comfortable with but I didn't move. The Bighorn Sheep were resting side by side one moment then stood up to challenge each other. The action was so fast I tried to track on just one of them. The one on the right was the clear winner! A very quick and precise blow ended the contest.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture 18/1 ISO 400 Shutter 1/80 Focal Length 300/1

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Oct, 2016

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