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Rock ptarmigan

Rock ptarmigan

I had been crawling carefully towards this beautiful female bird to get a proper photo...when she just positioned her self so perfectly on front of this lupine ...
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I had been crawling carefully towards this beautiful female bird to get a proper photo...when she just positioned her self so perfectly on front of this lupine as it was a part of the bird....like a peacock or something.
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camera

Canon EOS 70D

settings

settings

Aperture f/7.1 ISO 800 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 300/1

location

location

Iceland

upload_date

Aug, 2019

Views

50

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Awards

Hidden Gem Award

Summer 2020

Peer Award

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I was spending some time shooting photos that day and came upon this place I´m quite familiar with.....and there it was !

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