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Flaps in the Take off and Land position

Flaps in the Take off and Land position

Great Egret takes off from Palo Alto bird Sanctuary in Palo Alto, California. I had a really cool shot lined up and some people were oblivious to the fact that ...
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Great Egret takes off from Palo Alto bird Sanctuary in Palo Alto, California. I had a really cool shot lined up and some people were oblivious to the fact that I was in the middle of taking a photo...they managed to scare away this beautiful bird.....
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 3000/10

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Apr, 2017

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Absolute Masterpiece

+5

Magnificent Capture

Outstanding Creativity

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This is a marvelous capture and great reflections too.

❤ it! シ

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Wonderful moment and take Mark those colour contrasts are stunning!

LOVE the ruffly feathers! Awesome!

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yes but you luck out, you have this beautiful bird DANCING ON THE WATER !!!!!

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I wanted to give you Genius, but VB stole it.

Phenomenal my good friend.

How gorgeous, Mark! Tripping the light fantastic! :)

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Awesome ruffle of feathers here:-)

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Oh, how very, very cool . . . awesome shot, Mark!

superb!!!! you captured the egret in the right moment - looks beautiful!!

Where is the Genius - button? Am I blind or did VB remove it???

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Great job with the action shot and reflection- walking on water, huh????

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Fantastic. Love it.

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