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Flared landing great horned owl

Flared landing great horned owl

Photo in Sonora Desert, Tucson
Lens:Nikon 70-300 fx

Photo in Sonora Desert, Tucson
Lens:Nikon 70-300 fx
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NIKON D810

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 500 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 1050/10

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Sep, 2018

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A very difficult photo to get. Timing was everything

Beautiful!

and your timing was perfect!!

Amazing capture, well done.

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Thank you,hard to capture

Beautiful capture. 😍👌🙏

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When processing my photography for the day, I was very surprised to have captured this shot.

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Great shot!

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Thank you very much

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