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Great Egret fishing

Great Egret fishing

A great egret plunges its head into the water to catch small fishes. Very clinical fishing technique where its body seldom moves. Its long neck and head alone ...
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A great egret plunges its head into the water to catch small fishes. Very clinical fishing technique where its body seldom moves. Its long neck and head alone does the moves and they come up with fish. They have mastered fishing in shallow waters an the action is very quick and its only possible to get this frame at very low shutter speeds. The entire action takes less than a second or two .
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Canon EOS-1D X Mark II

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Aperture f/8 ISO 500 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 500/1

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Apr, 2018

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Aperture Award

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