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Sun's in My Eye

Sun's in My Eye

Burrowing owl takes pause on a steel post of a barbed wire fence that surrounds a winery. Photographed in the Temecula, CA wine country....
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Burrowing owl takes pause on a steel post of a barbed wire fence that surrounds a winery. Photographed in the Temecula, CA wine country.
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camera

NIKON D7100

settings

settings

Aperture f/8 ISO 500 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 3900/10

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2017

Views

41

Likes

+1

Awards

Peer Award

Magnificent Capture

Absolute Masterpiece

Categories

Submitted to Photo Contests

Only Owls

Tags

#bird #owl #feathers #squinting

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