nina050

Easy Pickings

Easy Pickings

A yellow-headed blackbird takes advantage of the millions of newly hatched insects for his early morning meal.

A yellow-headed blackbird takes advantage of the millions of newly hatched insects for his early morning meal.
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NIKON D500

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settings

Aperture f/7.1 ISO 640 Shutter 1/4000 Focal Length 6000/10

upload_date

upload_date

Apr, 2019

Views

245

Likes

+50

Awards

Peer Award

+10

Absolute Masterpiece

+5

Outstanding Creativity

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Superb Composition

Magnificent Capture

All Star

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Happy

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That must be one happy bird with great timing! Lol! Beautiful capture,,,amazing light and detail! : )

Never seen of these before. Love those ruffled feathers Nina. Amazing artistry.

Platinum

Another example of your talent. Not only a great capture but an awesome edit. Your photo art is awesome.

Platinum

Wow ! he has a pretty aggressive stance in pursuit of a tasty morsel, perfect timing on your part:-)

Platinum

Living large...lucky guy

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You are truly an artist Nina

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Captured the Blackbirds emotion perfectly!

So artistic! Lovely.

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I just thought of another title " dances with mayflies".. really great shot.

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Amazing composition Nina :) Beautiful work !

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