AndyNearTheSea

The hopeful

The hopeful

A Hurricane called Brian was battering Ireland and it had sucked up a lot of Saharan dust and ash from forest fires in Spain and Portugal giving the sky an eeri...
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A Hurricane called Brian was battering Ireland and it had sucked up a lot of Saharan dust and ash from forest fires in Spain and Portugal giving the sky an eerie peach colour. The sea was dead calm here and somehow it felt like the end of the world, a calm, mild, silent late October afternoon.
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Canon EOS 70D

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Aperture f/9 ISO 320 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 135/1

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Nov, 2017

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+5

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Love the title as well as the photo.

Thank you, I think they remained hopeful, but probably hungry.

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