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Leaping Lemurs

Leaping Lemurs

We were part of a small group of photographers who traveled to Madagascar with Natural Exposures (Dan and Tanya Cox) to observe and photograph a variety of lemu...
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We were part of a small group of photographers who traveled to Madagascar with Natural Exposures (Dan and Tanya Cox) to observe and photograph a variety of lemurs. At a place appropriately named, Lemur Island, these diadema sifaka lemurs would repeatedly come leaping to this tree with the young on their backs. This photo is the merger of three photos to show the sequence of their movement.
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camera

Canon EOS 5DS

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Aperture f/5 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 124/1

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May, 2018

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131

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Awards

Peer Award

Absolute Masterpiece

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