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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Swirling coral

While diving in Palau I came across a huge stand of a stony coral, commonly called Elephant Skin Coral, that grows as upright twisted plates. Aiming to illustrate it in a creative manner, I used a slow shutter speed and quickly turned the camera to create a circular motion blur.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2024
Photo Location: Palau
Camera: ILCE-1
Copyright: © Tom Shlesinger