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Blue Heron Over the Illinois River

Blue Heron Over the Illinois River

This Blue Heron decided to check out the fishing down river. As i took this shot of him in flight he was near Tahlequah OK on the scenic Illinois River at dusk....
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This Blue Heron decided to check out the fishing down river. As i took this shot of him in flight he was near Tahlequah OK on the scenic Illinois River at dusk.
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camera

NIKON D500

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settings

Aperture f/6.3 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 5000/10

location

location

Tahlequah, Oklahoma, US

upload_date

upload_date

Dec, 2020

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200

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+8

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