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Osprey

Osprey

We saw many beautiful birds on our birding trip. There were a lot of bird names to remember, and I forgot a lot of them. This was a pleasant surprise for me: a ...
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We saw many beautiful birds on our birding trip. There were a lot of bird names to remember, and I forgot a lot of them. This was a pleasant surprise for me: a razor-sharp photograph of an Osprey, a large raptor in flight. :)

Birding at Bhigwan, Pune District, Maharashtra, India.
November 2016
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camera

NIKON D5300

settings

settings

Aperture 63/10 ISO 250 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 240/1

location

location

Bhigvan, Maharashtra, IN

upload_date

upload_date

Dec, 2016

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893

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Awards

Peer Award

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Magnificent Capture

+29

Top Choice

+28

Superb Composition

+22

Absolute Masterpiece

+12

Superior Skill

+4

All Star

Outstanding Creativity

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What a great capture.... wonderful detail

:) Thanks Glenda.

really a beautiful shot .Love even the eye detail. Thank you for entering it into my challenge

Thanks Joan...that's a lovely comment. :)

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Beautiful in-flight capture Aarti!!

:) Thanks so much Nigel.

PRO+

Nice in flight shot:-)

Sweet shot. I need to achieve this shot.

:) Thanks dear...I wish you get much much better pic than this... :)

perfect capture Aarti, great timing!

Thanks Salmah... :)

Great capture with details.

:)

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