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The art of feather managment

The art of feather managment

This Canada Goose spends time working to ensure every feather is just right.
We guys always complain about how long the wife takes to get ready.
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This Canada Goose spends time working to ensure every feather is just right.
We guys always complain about how long the wife takes to get ready.
But waterfowl spend hours every day continuously Appling oil to there feathers and grooming them one by one. With out it the feathers would just saturate with water and they would no long be able to float on the water. Plus they would quickly start to look very tattered.
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NIKON D7000

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Aperture f/9 ISO 3200 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 2000/10

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Jun, 2017

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47

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+3

Awards

Peer Award

Absolute Masterpiece

Outstanding Creativity

Superb Composition

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