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Flight of the Great Blue Heron.

Flight of the Great Blue Heron.

Great Blue Heron flies by. These birds are so graceful.

Great Blue Heron flies by. These birds are so graceful.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/5.3 ISO 1100 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 2100/10

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upload_date

Jun, 2018

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164

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+64

Awards

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Seriously awesome capture!!! I would love to be able to Casa beautiful bird in flight like this.... but I get too excited to get a good shot off!!! Wonderful camera work,Mark!!! :)

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Stunning flight capture....perfect detail

Another absolute stunner....graceful is an understatement! Wow....

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Amazing capture...so, so beautiful!! : )

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I'm sure the herons are graceful, but YOU, my friend, are a remarkable nature photographer! WOW-zers! ッ

OMG this is beyond incredible. Your have outdone yourself.

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Mark, this is so good! Perfect detail with this movement!

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I keep writing the same comment - great detail!!!

only one word "Beautiful"

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