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Tiny Dancer

Tiny Dancer

This tiny little Nudibranch was perched perfectly on some coral rubble in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, allowing me to isolate my subject with a snoot. Small, slow...
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This tiny little Nudibranch was perched perfectly on some coral rubble in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, allowing me to isolate my subject with a snoot. Small, slow moving subjects such as Nudibranchs are a great subject to practice this simple but very effective photography technique.
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camera

Canon EOS 7D

settings

settings

Aperture 20/1 ISO 160 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 100/1

upload_date

upload_date

Jan, 2017

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347

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+8

Awards

Peer Award

Superb Composition

Categories

Ultimate

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