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Sep 27, 2010 21:12 |  #1

I took these back in April. Since I am new to the site I thought I might share them w/ y'all. I took these while out on the lake in a small aluminum boat. The wakes were pretty bad so it was very difficult to get decent shots. These were handheld.

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Sep 27, 2010 21:58 |  #2

You did really well! Love the looks of this bird! Good shooting.


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Sep 27, 2010 22:18 |  #3

Beautiful bird and a couple of very nice shots Christy.


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Sep 28, 2010 04:26 |  #4

awesome shots.. they're a beautiful bird




  
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Sep 28, 2010 05:15 |  #5

Well, these two shots came out pretty well. Good job!


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Sep 28, 2010 08:39 as a reply to  @ Levina de Ruijter's post |  #6

Thanks for the nice comments.


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Sep 28, 2010 11:13 |  #7

Lovely shots!


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Sep 28, 2010 21:05 |  #8

Beautiful bird, so very well photographed!


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Sep 28, 2010 22:46 |  #9

I love number one. : )


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