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Green Heron at the Barton Creek Green Belt, Austin, TX, 23 May 2017

Green Heron at the Barton Creek Green Belt, Austin, TX, 23 May 2017

I have been recuperating lately from a lot of things and not engaged as much in photography -- if you look at my gallery and the length of time since I've ...
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I have been recuperating lately from a lot of things and not engaged as much in photography -- if you look at my gallery and the length of time since I've posted, that is. The truth is that I have been doing less, though not as much less as it seems. On one of my walking days I took this image of a Green Heron who was attempting to fish in the Green Belt of Barton Creek itself. I think she was probably more successful at catching those little fish than I was in photographing them!
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SONY DSC-HX50V

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Aperture 63/10 ISO 400 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 12900/100

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Apr, 2018

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