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1. 16 th February 2013 View Count reached 2,000

1. 20th January 2013 Featured for the fifth time in the group Breathtaking Wild Animals & Plants (See History for a list of groups in which this photograph has been featured.)

 
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II   |   Lens: Canon 24-70 zoom f/2.8 (set at 50mm)

This hermit crab was photographed at the tide line on Fahan Beach, County Donegal, Ireland in the early evening. Fahan beach is on the Inishowen coast of Lough Swilly.

A hermit crab has no shell of its own and instead uses an empty shell that it finds on the beach. As it grows in size, it has to find a larger shell and abandon the previous one.

Technical Photographic Detail
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II   |   Lens: Canon 24-70 zoom f/2.8 (set at 50mm)
Exposure: 1/400   |   Aperture: f/11   |   ISO: 400   |   Filter: Polariser

 
Part of my postcard range. You can follow on to another gorgeous Very Ireland Post card .
 

History of this Image on RedBubble

1. 2nd May 2011 Uploaded to RedBubble
2. 7th May 2011 Featured in “Close-Ups in Nature”
3. 14th May 2011 Featured in “Top Shelf Wildlife”
4. 18th May 2011 view count reached 100
5. 18th Sep 2011 Featured in “It’s in the detail”
6. 26th November 2011 view count reached 525
7. 10th Aug 2012 Achieved it’s fourth group feature when it was featured in “A Little Bit of Youl”
8. 20th January 2013 Featured for the fifth time in the group Breathtaking Wild Animals & Plants

1. 16 th February 2013 View Count reached 2,000
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