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Sleepy bear

Sleepy bear

A polar bear sleeping in front of Nordenskiold glacier, Svalbard.

A polar bear sleeping in front of Nordenskiold glacier, Svalbard.
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camera

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

settings

settings

Aperture f/4 ISO 160 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 123/1

location

location

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

upload_date

upload_date

Nov, 2019

Views

728

Likes

+152

Awards

Canon 5D MK III or Nikon D610

Contest Finalist in Celebrating Nature Photo Contest Vol 7

Peer Award

+36

Absolute Masterpiece

+11

Magnificent Capture

+2

Top Choice

+1

All Star

Superb Composition

Virtuoso

Superior Skill

Genius

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Ohhh! Super!

How very beautiful. Congrats with this great capture.
And congrats with your finalist award.

Congrats on the win! Amazing and stunning shot!

Congrats, beautiful capture

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