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Shaking the sea off

Shaking the sea off

A puffin shaking the water off having just landed either from a foray out to sea, or perhaps having just arrived on land after the autumn, winter and early spri...
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A puffin shaking the water off having just landed either from a foray out to sea, or perhaps having just arrived on land after the autumn, winter and early spring spent out at sea.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 500 Shutter 1/3200 Focal Length 600/1

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Mar, 2017

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