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hermit crab

Waking up at 4:30 after a night of Astrophotography and 2 hours of sleep just to photograph the Egyptian Beach during beautiful morning light conditions is rewa...
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Waking up at 4:30 after a night of Astrophotography and 2 hours of sleep just to photograph the Egyptian Beach during beautiful morning light conditions is rewardingly exhausting. At least I could sleep the day over during the flight back home. The picture shows a little hermit crab lying on wet sand ... And I too needed to lie down on the sand to get the nice reflections and bouquet ... and to get a bit of sleep... eventually
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Canon EOS 1000D

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 53/1

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May, 2017

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