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Birds in the Mist

Birds in the Mist

I showed up to one of my local ponds early one morning, hoping to see a few birds hunting for breakfast in the shallows. When I got there, everything was cover...
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I showed up to one of my local ponds early one morning, hoping to see a few birds hunting for breakfast in the shallows. When I got there, everything was covered in a nice layer of fog. It wasn't much help for bird photography, but it made for a few nice moody photos of the marsh!

A Blue Heron perched on a fallen log, watches over a marsh, waiting for breakfast.
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camera

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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settings

Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 50/1

location

location

Temple, Texas, US

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upload_date

Nov, 2020

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95

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+11

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