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Light and death

Light and death

Taken at Deadvlei at the amazing sand dunes area of Sossusvlei, Namibia. Millions of photos have been taken here and yet it was still awe-inspiring. Unlike ma...
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Taken at Deadvlei at the amazing sand dunes area of Sossusvlei, Namibia. Millions of photos have been taken here and yet it was still awe-inspiring. Unlike many photos taken here, I relegated the trees to being "bit players", and made the dunes the stars.
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II

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Aperture f/9 ISO 100 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 112/1

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Dec, 2017

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