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Wet Burrowing Owlet

Wet Burrowing Owlet

With the rain still coming down a hole opened up in the clouds and provided some nice backlighting on this Owlet. I really like the wet feathers on its head......
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With the rain still coming down a hole opened up in the clouds and provided some nice backlighting on this Owlet. I really like the wet feathers on its head.... they almost look like fur.
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camera

Canon EOS-1D X

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settings

Aperture f/5 ISO 640 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 500/1

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upload_date

Jun, 2018

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97

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+19

Awards

Peer Award

+2

Absolute Masterpiece

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Virtuoso

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Beautiful shot!

Thanks Alfredo!

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