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Lions arty, Botswana

Lions arty, Botswana

Occasionally I try out things and try to capture the world around me not in it's natural form but playing around with the options my camera gives me. In th...
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Occasionally I try out things and try to capture the world around me not in it's natural form but playing around with the options my camera gives me. In this case a couple of lions cuddling a bit at sundown. I knew there wasn't enough light to get a sharp image so raised my shutter speed and hoped something good came out of it. Would love to read your comments on this one..

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NIKON D300S

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Aperture f/8 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/8 Focal Length 3800/10

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Mar, 2018

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