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Butterfly Pose

Butterfly Pose

Macro profile of butterfly

Macro profile of butterfly
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camera

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

settings

settings

Aperture f/4.0 ISO 200 Shutter 1/60

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2013

Views

2692

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+499

Awards

Contest Finalist in Macro Masterpieces Photo Contest

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Contest Finalist in A World Of Macro Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Butterflies Photo Contest

Staff Favorite

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Peer Award

+141

Superb Composition

+53

Top Choice

+45

Absolute Masterpiece

+33

Magnificent Capture

+8

All Star

+3

Outstanding Creativity

+3

Superior Skill

+2

Jaw Dropping

Exceptional Contrast

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Striking orange - nice shot!

Congrats!

Great detail,well done

very lovely!

Great shot, love the colours and the focus is spot on. :)

wow, that looks great!

wow, that looks great!

Beautiful! Congrats.

Very Nice!!!!!

This has to be the most elegant butterfly that I have ever seen! If butterflies cared about royalty, this would be their queen! Outstanding job! :-) Congratulations!

wonderful, congrats

fantastic, please check out my works

Congrats on your finalist award.

beautifull!!!

Wow

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