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Calm, Cool, and Collected

Calm, Cool, and Collected

This not so puffy puffer fish is definitely calm, cool, and collected in this image. Otherwise, he'd be puffy. :)

This not so puffy puffer fish is definitely calm, cool, and collected in this image. Otherwise, he'd be puffy. :)
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Aperture f/3.2 ISO 6400 Shutter 1/80 Focal Length 500/10

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Apr, 2015

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