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Mouseketeer

Mouseketeer

An American kestrel becomes wary of the photographer taking his picture because he does not want to share his evening mouse meal! Taken in the Sierra Valley ne...
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An American kestrel becomes wary of the photographer taking his picture because he does not want to share his evening mouse meal! Taken in the Sierra Valley near Loganville, California.
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camera

NIKON D850

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settings

Aperture f/6.3 ISO 320 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 6000/10

upload_date

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Jan, 2019

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226

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Awards

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Superb Composition

+1

Magnificent Capture

Outstanding Creativity

Genius

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Perfection

Love the glow on the birds face. Perfection for sure.

Amazing! It is so cool you got the mouse in the shot. I like how you captured the kestrel's expression. Background is great too!

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Fabulous shot:-)

Tidy effort blur background and colours superb

Perfect!!!

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Positively awesome capture and edit (love the title, too)!

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Beautiful capture of this not so easy to capture bird!! Lovely colors!! : )

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