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Arctic tern

Arctic tern

The very aggressive Arctic Tern in attack mode.

The very aggressive Arctic Tern in attack mode.
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Canon EOS 600D

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 100 Shutter 1/100

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Sep, 2014

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