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Keeping Watch

Keeping Watch

A red tail hawk keeps watch from the top of a juniper tree in Monterey Bay.

A red tail hawk keeps watch from the top of a juniper tree in Monterey Bay.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/13 ISO 800 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 6000/10

upload_date

upload_date

Jul, 2017

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461

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+88

Awards

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Top Choice

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Magnificent Capture

+6

Superb Composition

Genius

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Outstanding Creativity

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Exceptional capture of this magnificent bird of prey!!!

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Now that the drought is over we do not see as many. So I felt very lucky with this one.. Thanks much. Mark

Wow, buddy amazing shot!! シ

I can describe this capture in one word: AWESOME!

Excellent detail and colours

Everything about this is just perfect. WOW

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Outstanding crisp detail..... great job

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Awesome capture..love this:-)

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I salute thee, Sire! And the 600mm lens! What a great photo...

amazing shot , I would love to get these in the wild ... getting harder to find them here

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Great shot! crisp and sharp!

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Beautiful!! Love your edit on this one.....beautiful quality of light in this shot.

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I love this shot

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