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Birds in the Mist 2

Birds in the Mist 2

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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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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

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Temple, Texas, US

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Nov, 2020

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