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Butterfly at sunset

Butterfly at sunset

The sun shines through the wings of this butterfly during sunset

The sun shines through the wings of this butterfly during sunset
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camera

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 400/1

upload_date

upload_date

Apr, 2019

Views

687

Likes

+119

Awards

People's Choice in Butterfly Beauties Photo Challenge

Winner in #onlybigbutterfly Photo Challenge

People's Choice in Butterflies and FLowers Photo Challenge

People's Choice in BUTTERFLY UP CLOSE OR MACRO IN COLOR NO PEOPLE Photo Challenge

Winner in Butterfly Photo Challenge

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Peer Award

+47

Top Choice

+14

Magnificent Capture

+4

Superb Composition

+3

Absolute Masterpiece

+2

All Star

Superior Skill

Outstanding Creativity

Genius

Virtuoso

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 30 rank

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 30 rank

Categories

Platinum

Great capture & composition!!! :)

Platinum

Great shot. Love the colors.

Ultimate

Thank you for entering my first photo challenge/Butterflies and Flowers. Superb capture!

Ultimate

WOW you won the challenge and got the People's Choice. You are one talented photographer.

Ultimate

Slam dunk...nailed it!

congratulations on your win beautiful ;

Congratulations

Great shot

This is a outstanding macro capture,congrats on the win,I have some previous shots of butterflies.👍

Ultimate

👏👏😁

PRO+

Beautiful image . . . congrats on all of your well-deserved wins!

PRO+

Congratulations on your Peoples choice win, fabulous image and well deserved.

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