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Taking Flight

Taking Flight

A beautiful eagle leaps off a pine tree branch and takes flight. The eagle is a larger one with brighter markings rather than weathered features, so I think it&...
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A beautiful eagle leaps off a pine tree branch and takes flight. The eagle is a larger one with brighter markings rather than weathered features, so I think it's a younger female. She closed the protective membrane on her eyes as she took off so her eye looks cloudy.
northern Nevada, city park.
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NIKON D810

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Aperture f/11 ISO 250 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 2400/10

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Nevada, US

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Nov, 2018

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