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Bar-tailed Trogon (Apaloderma vittatum)

Bar-tailed Trogon (Apaloderma vittatum)

When birdwatching makes you happy, not because you’ve sighted a special, beautiful bird, but because you know you’ve spent all that quiet time being present...
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When birdwatching makes you happy, not because you’ve sighted a special, beautiful bird, but because you know you’ve spent all that quiet time being present. Bar-tailed Trogon, photographed in Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
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camera

NIKON D3200

settings

settings

Aperture 56/10 ISO 2000 Shutter 10/5000 Focal Length 3000/10

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2016

Views

134

Likes

+26

Awards

Member Selection Award

Absolute Masterpiece

+2

Peer Award

+2

Top Choice

+1

Magnificent Capture

Outstanding Creativity

Superb Composition

All Star

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Submitted to Photo Contests

World Photography Day

Tags

#wildlife #nature #birds

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