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Manatee at surface

Manatee at surface

Early in the morning, a baby manatee approaches with all the curiosity of any youngster. Full of playfulness it suddenly stopped and floated to the surface, for...
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Early in the morning, a baby manatee approaches with all the curiosity of any youngster. Full of playfulness it suddenly stopped and floated to the surface, for it is after all a mammal, and it needs to breathe air. This gave me the opportunity to capture a nice clean shot just befor it broke into round 2 of the sillies.
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NIKON D200

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 160 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 100/10

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Florida, US

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May, 2019

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