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diving male merganser

diving male merganser

So I decided to have some fun by photographing Male Common Merganser ducks as they dove under the water. It made for some really fun photographs....
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So I decided to have some fun by photographing Male Common Merganser ducks as they dove under the water. It made for some really fun photographs.
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NIKON D3300

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Aperture 28/5 ISO 800 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 300/1

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Feb, 2017

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