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 Either way, this was a unique and amazing experience. I shot this bird this afternoon and was able to get over 50 keeper images. Half of the images were with my 12-24mm and the other half were "head shots" with my 28-75mm. Incredible! The amazing thing is that this bird is roughly (no pun intended) the size of a chicken, and it can be literally at your feet and yet you cannot see it. This photograph captures some of that phenomenon. The bird's cryptic coloring causes it to basically disappear right before your eyes. I like this image because so much of the frame is sharp. It really shows the bird in its native habitat. There are not many of these left here in Detroit metro area, as its habitat is becoming increasingly scarce. You can see more of them up north, but I have never had one let me lay down beside it and photograph it point blank. Pretty cool experience really. I am assuming that he was guarding a nest and a mate (neither of which I saw), so I didn't stick around too long... My kids (3 and 4 years) were, well, freaking out. So was I. 1DMark II, Sigma 12-24mm EX @ 12mm, 1/60 @ f8, ISO 400, RAW David Asscherick
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