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Preparing for take-off

Preparing for take-off

A harris hawk showing how it gets ready to launch itself into the air. It looks like a lot of thought goes into it!

Birds of Prey show at Hellab...
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A harris hawk showing how it gets ready to launch itself into the air. It looks like a lot of thought goes into it!

Birds of Prey show at Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich

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Canon EOS 6D Mark II

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settings

Aperture f/14 ISO 3200 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 100/1

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location

Munich, Bayern, DE

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upload_date

Sep, 2019

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64

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Awards

Peer Award

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Outstanding Creativity

All Star

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Superb Composition

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