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The moment before impact...

The moment before impact...

The moment before the herring gull hits Joe on the head as it moves towards him to try an dsteal his dinner. Whutby is well known for gull 'attacks' a...
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The moment before the herring gull hits Joe on the head as it moves towards him to try an dsteal his dinner. Whutby is well known for gull 'attacks' and they most often fly in from behind to steal food form unwitting people. This one was a little more brazen with a close range aerial attack.

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Canon EOS 7D

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Aperture f/4 ISO 100 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 17/1

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Jul, 2017

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90

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Wow ! Great capture ! Love the expression :)

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