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Great Blue Head On

Great Blue Head On

Great Blue Herons looks like a prehistoric bird in flight. This one did not see me sitting in the brush and flew right toward me. This picture was taken at a sm...
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Great Blue Herons looks like a prehistoric bird in flight. This one did not see me sitting in the brush and flew right toward me. This picture was taken at a small local lake near San Jose, California.
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NIKON D850

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 2500 Shutter 1/4000 Focal Length 6000/10

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Oct, 2018

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305

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Awards

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Magnificent Capture

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Wow.....too cool! Love the POV and eye contact! : )

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Absolute perfection...….AWESOME

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Wow. What a great capture. Love it

perfect timing Mark ...wow .. excellent action shot !

Not seen a pose like that before. You nailed it.

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Great title and even better capture!! I love the POV! : )

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OMGoodness! What a view! marvelous!

outstanding action shot!! :)

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so cool you got this shot Mark !!! Beautiful !

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