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DRACONES HORTUS ——————————— Clinging to the edge of her receding dwell, boulders may spool to crashing plaines, cloud will disguise existence or myth, her firing eyes and breath scour forgotten enemy, as we are absent

DRACONES HORTUS ——————————— Clinging to the edge of her receding dwell, boulders may spool to crashing plaines, cloud will disguise existence or myth, her firing eyes and breath scour forgotten enemy, as we are absent

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PENTAX K-1

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Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 30/1

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Abruzzi, IT

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Oct, 2021

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