PatrickBenade

Fire and Water

Fire and Water

camera

Canon EOS 7D

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 640 Shutter 1/5000 Focal Length 400/1

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upload_date

Mar, 2015

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264

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Staff Winter Selection 2015

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Outstanding Creativity

+9

Top Choice

+6

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+2

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