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I was hiking the Milford Track on the South Island of New Zealand. This is the rainforest where it rains 182 days a year, and 6,700 mm a year. I was so happy to...
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I was hiking the Milford Track on the South Island of New Zealand. This is the rainforest where it rains 182 days a year, and 6,700 mm a year. I was so happy to see the sun on this day, because it rained buckets the day before. I decided to punctuate this mossy tree with a sun star by setting my lens to f/22.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/16.0 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/40 Focal Length 620/10

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Feb, 2015

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