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Free diver and baitfish, Swallows Cave

Free diver and baitfish, Swallows Cave

A free diver ascends into a swirling mass of baitfish in Swallow's Cave, in the Kingdom of Tonga.

A free diver ascends into a swirling mass of baitfish in Swallow's Cave, in the Kingdom of Tonga.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/5 ISO 1600 Focal Length 15/1

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Tonga

upload_date

Sep, 2020

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Amazing images.

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Beautiful! You are so talented.

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This is so awesome. Magical

thats an incredible photo and an incredible feeling to be that diver surrounded be so much wildlife. i know because ive had this experince multiple times of the coast of British Columbia and also in the Caribbean. beautiful shoot.

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