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richardpetersen

Wild Flowers

Wild Flowers

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NIKON D500

settings

settings

Aperture 6/1 ISO 800 Shutter 1/4000 Focal Length 450/1

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Sep, 2023

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Awards

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Sweet image, Richard! For a flower shot like this, how do you select your aperture?

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....well good question ....I usually have my wildlife lens in hand ....so already I am at a big disadvantage because i need to have a lot of light ....the flowers were not as close as they appear ....but not really that far either ....the wind was blowing pushing the flowers all around so I needed a fast shutter speed to freeze the flowers otherwise they would be blurry ....so f6 allows the most light possible at that focal length ....Thank you very very much Ron and Judy ...!!!

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Lovely capture, Richard!

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Thank you very very much Sue ...!!!

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Beautiful

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Thank you very very much Dawn ...!!!

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Pretty!

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Thank you very very much deekaycee ...!!!

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