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RickL

Yellow display

Yellow display

Brilliant yellow flowers

Brilliant yellow flowers
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NIKON D7000

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settings

Aperture 10/1 ISO 400 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 55/1

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upload_date

Jan, 2019

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Awards

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Top Choice

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Superb Composition

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All Star

Outstanding Creativity

Superior Skill

Magnificent Capture

Genius

Virtuoso

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Superb!

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Nice colors and details!

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Thank you Tatiana

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Absolutely Beautiful, RickL!!!

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Lovely!

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Caught as he was taking off.
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Lens: Nikon 70-300 fx

Cactus Wren in it's favorite thorn bush,
Lens: Tamron 150-600 g2

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The detail and colors are spectacular.
Lens: Nikon 35-50mm

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Lens:Tamron 150-600g2

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Lens: Tamron 150-600g2

Harris hawks hunt in groups of two or three. One distracts the prey and the others dive down and grab it. Usually there is a dominant female to guid

I usually have many birds in the trees in my yard, all at once they vanished and this Cooper's Hawk arrived. HIs talons and beak had feathers fro

The atmosphere was just right to magnify the setting sun

Lens: Nikon 35-50 mm

This is a wild deer in Portal, Arizona. We stayed at Cave Creek Ranch. World famous for birding.
I was filming hummingbirds and this deer appeared ri

Balloon evening glow at Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. It was cold on the final evening but a fantastic time to be surrounded by balloons.I
Lens: Nikon

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