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Paul_Joslin

SOFT FEATHERS

SOFT FEATHERS

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NIKON D300

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Aperture f/22 ISO 200 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 1350/10

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Kodiak, Alaska, US

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Aug, 2020

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Thank you Toni. The kittiwakes kept touching down on the water's still surface picking off tiny morsels of what I do not know. I kept adjusting the shutter speed trying to find the point where the motion of the wings created a modest blur while the body of birds would remain reasonably sharp.

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