PatrickBenade

Last Wave of the Day

Last Wave of the Day

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Canon EOS 7D

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settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 320 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 400/1

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Mar, 2015

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Through the Wave

Striated Herons are ambush predators, and can sit for ages waiting for a meal. Sometimes they stalk around to see what they can flush out of the grass

The European roller is the only member of the rollers to breed in Europe, it’s overall range extends into the Middle East, Central Asia and Morocco.

A Sooty shearwater glides across a section of ocean, the surface of which is barely ruffled by the breeze.

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