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9073 Surprise

9073 Surprise

A blue heron caught off guard has to jump straight up to make a get away rather than taking the usual method of becoming airborne...
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A blue heron caught off guard has to jump straight up to make a get away rather than taking the usual method of becoming airborne
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camera

NIKON D40

settings

Aperture 63/10 ISO 400 Shutter 125/100000 Focal Length 500/1

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upload_date

Dec, 2017

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