<center>**Besides many other qualities, the South of Portugal is known for its slow pace and generally very calm people.**</center>

<center>**Can't really blame them for that. It's hard to engage in any type of more vigorous activities when temperatures reach close to 40C during the whole Summer season. The national record so far is 47.4C**</center>

<center>**Here I took it to the extreme and photographed a southern snail in a Summer day. Can't go much slower than that :p**</center>

<center><sub>Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm --- ISO 800 --- f/13 --- 1/250 sec</sub></center>

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<center>**I posted this speed monster 10 days ago in black and white tones.**</center>

<center>**Today he got his color back and I added few brush strokes to the blend.**</center>

<center><sub>Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm --- ISO 800 --- f/13 --- 1/250 sec</sub></center>

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