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Ostriches catching the dawn light

Ostriches catching the dawn light

Early start from our camp on the Hoanib River, downriver from Sesfontein, northern Namibia. Came across this group of five ostriches parading through the scrub...
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Early start from our camp on the Hoanib River, downriver from Sesfontein, northern Namibia. Came across this group of five ostriches parading through the scrub, and occasionally displaying and fighting.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 200 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 371/1

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Mar, 2018

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