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mcampi

In the pink

In the pink

Beauty in the garden...

Beauty in the garden...
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/36.0 ISO 200 Shutter 1/320

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Nov, 2014

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Awards

Winner in Zinnias Photo Challenge

Winner in Hot Pink Dahlias Photo Challenge

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Superb Composition

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very pretty, colors and highlights.

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Beautiful capture! Gorgeous color!

Pretty, very nice colors, voted Bokeh Plants and Flowers

Superb artistry!

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I chose your picture for meeting the requirements of being close up, for detail, color and the aperture that you used to make the flower standout.

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Thank you for taking the time to have a challenge.

Mark, your wonderful dahlia won the zinnia challenge... Well done !

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Hi Mark, Congrats on your win. :-)

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Thanks for joining my 'Pretty Pastels' challenge. Good luck!

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