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Moon Shot

Moon Shot

These wonderful birds are sandhill cranes taking off from the marsh at Merced National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge is in the Pacific Flyway and is the winterin...
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These wonderful birds are sandhill cranes taking off from the marsh at Merced National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge is in the Pacific Flyway and is the wintering area for a wide variety of birds.
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NIKON D850

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Aperture f/13 ISO 800 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 6000/10

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Mar, 2018

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Awards

Winner in Creative Full Moon Photography Photo Challenge

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Reminds me of harvest time on the farm for some strange reason. Great job.

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I have been chasing birds these days. I cannot belive how many are around if you just look..

This is perfect! Fantastic shot

Perfect capture and perfect edit !’ Great job!

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superb creation! thanks for a visit!

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Outstanding
...shot and edit

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Fantastic, Mark!!! ッ

beautiful scene and love the post processing !

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Great Capture and Edit:-)

What a wonderful photo

wonderful work !!

very nice beautiful superb

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Exceptional composition

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Wonderful catch!

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Brilliant Shot! Warmest Congratulations on winning my Challenge!

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Creative and beautiful! Lovely, Mark. Congratulations on your award win.

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Congratulations on your challenge win! Well deserved.

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