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Feathered Friends

Feathered Friends

Three sand cranes fly together searching for just the right place to land.

Three sand cranes fly together searching for just the right place to land.
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NIKON D810

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Aperture f/10 ISO 500 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 4000/10

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Nov, 2019

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98

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+17

Awards

Peer Award

+2

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Beautiful composition and capture. Great background. They are a bit like you, always traveling.

Thanks, Joop. The birds sit still snd so do we...for a while.

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An old favorite photo of mine, taken when I didn't have post processing. I re-edited it and resubmitted it with some refinement.
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