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Great blue heron

Great blue heron

Great blue heron in flight.

Boat ride birding tour
Clicked at Bhigwan, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
Winter Season, 2019
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Great blue heron in flight.

Boat ride birding tour
Clicked at Bhigwan, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
Winter Season, 2019
RAW: _DSC0338
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camera

NIKON D5300

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 640 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 350/1

location

location

Bhigvan, Maharashtra, IN

upload_date

upload_date

Jan, 2019

Views

549

Likes

+147

Awards

People's Choice in Great blue herons in action Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+78

Magnificent Capture

+18

Top Choice

+11

Absolute Masterpiece

+6

Superb Composition

Outstanding Creativity

Superior Skill

Virtuoso

All Star

Genius

Emotions

Impressed

Happy

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Categories

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Beautiful bird!

:)

elegant--well captured!

Thank you for all lovely comments Cookie. :)

I love this. It is really enchanting. Congratulations on your award!

:) Thank you Gigi.

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