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Keeping a sharp eye on things

Keeping a sharp eye on things

Found this Red-Shouldered Hawk near Asilomar in Pacific Grove, California. These guys can be air born in seconds and glide for what seems like a very long time....
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Found this Red-Shouldered Hawk near Asilomar in Pacific Grove, California. These guys can be air born in seconds and glide for what seems like a very long time. They tend to be around forests and are great hunters.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 800 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 5000/10

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Jun, 2017

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Superb Composition

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Magnificent Capture

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Outstanding Creativity

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BEAUTIFUL.........wonderful crisp details and muted background

Wow!!!! Awesome capture,Mark!!!

A beauty

❤ this! シ

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Sharp with a "stained glass" background!

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Wow!! What a beautiful hawk....and an amazing capture!! I love the colors, detail and depth of field!! : )

You my friend should be called "The Bird Man"! You have marvelous bird images. WOW

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Beautiful shot Mark !!!

Fantastic capture!! Love these gorgeous creatures of the raptor world....

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Love Raptors and you capture this one so very well.

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Awesome capture!!

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Quite remarkable, Mark . . . ッ

Wonderful shot,love the detail on the bird and background is so perfect !!!

Wow...very clear and crisp image Mark, beautiful!!!

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Stunning sharp detail:-)

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Fantastic capture!

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Beautiful! Those colors...it's like she/he was posing and wanted their photo taken.

I love this, great shot!

I don't know how I missed this, Mark - just gorgeous! So rich looking!

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