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• Camera: Canon
• Camera model: Canon EOS 7D
• Exposure time: 1/400
• Aperture: f/5.6
• ISO: 800

(5 years and 1098 days ago)

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still26 says:

I really like the bokeh applied to this image. Keeping the eyes sharp draws us into his world and the background reminds us of his environment. It is important to capture soul and you have done this beautifully. Your crop and compositional style is well thought out...it is tight at the top but it matters naught because you do have "soul" and that is what matters most. Nice contrast, natural hues. Very delightful view.

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Thanks for the thoughtful comment, much appreciated!

(5 years and 1098 days ago)

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• Camera: SONY
• Camera model: ILCE-6000
• Exposure time: 1/200
• Aperture: f/11.0
• ISO: 100

(5 years and 1095 days ago)

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still26 says:

Titles are part of the creative process and add to the meaning of the photo. Your title made me smile and I could almost hear those mosquitoes coming at me. I like how you saw this image with that point on the hill pointing to the heavens (where dwell those mosquitoes) and the heavens themselves are clear, azure blue, striking. You have a really nice visual balance with that bush at the left weighing nicely against that mount. The technical elements are crisp and clear with great detail showing. The colour palette natural and not overcooked at all. This is a breezy and delightful find of nature at its prettiest.

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• Camera: Canon
• Camera model: Canon EOS 70D
• Exposure time: 1/750
• Aperture: f/4.5
• ISO: 100

(5 years and 1097 days ago)

• Camera: NIKON CORPORATION
• Camera model: NIKON D5200
• Exposure time: 1/800
• Aperture: f/6.3
• ISO: 1600

Letea Forest is the oldest natural reservation in Romania. It was established in 1938, when the Romanian Council of Ministers passed Decision No. 645 declaring the forest a nature reserve. It is located between the Sulina and Chilia branches of Danube in the Danube Delta. It covers an area of approximately 2,825 ha (6,980 acres).
This forest was the initial foundation of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, which has been declared a World Heritage Site. It was internationally recognized as a Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in 1992.
It has a subtropical aspect, due to the presence of the tropical creeper named Periploca graeca. This is a Mediterranean plant which finds its most northern refuge in the Danube Delta. Along with this, types of liana and other climbing plants are woven on the branches of the trees, such as the wild vine, the hop plant and the ivy.
Letea Forest is formed mainly from trees like white poplar, black poplar, elm tree, English oak, silver lime, narrow-leafed ash and common alder. Along with those above, it is completed by a rich scale of sub-shrub species.
It is also home for a rich fauna like the red-footed falcon, the white-tailed eagle, the roller, the hoopoe, the Vipera ursinii and the Danube Delta horse. There are approximately 1600 insect species identified.
(Wikipedia) (5 years and 1094 days ago)

• Camera: Panasonic
• Camera model: DMC-FZ28
• Exposure time: 10/500
• Aperture: f/3.0
• ISO: 100

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