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This is an extreme close-up shot of a juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron perched in a tree branch using a 70-300mm lens with an extension tube. A beautiful bird born at the Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary from injured parents in captivity. Hundreds of birds such as this one are released to the wild year-round at Flamingo Gardens in Davie, Florida. - www.flamingogardens.org
Nikon D80 + Sigma 70-300 mm + 12 mm extension tube - 1/60 - f/5.6 - ISO/250
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Photographer: Lorenzo Cassina
Lorenzo Cassina | Nov 8, 2015
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