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Milkweed Seeds in the Sun

Milkweed Seeds in the Sun

The delicate wisps of these seeds on a milkweed pod amazed me.

The delicate wisps of these seeds on a milkweed pod amazed me.
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camera

Canon EOS 80D

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 200 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 235/1

location

location

Vassar, Michigan, US

upload_date

upload_date

Jun, 2019

Views

380

Likes

+59

Awards

People's Choice in The delicacy of nature Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+26

Absolute Masterpiece

Top Choice

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Superb Composition

Outstanding Creativity

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Genius

All Star

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Top 20 rank

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Top 10 rank

Categories

Nature

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PRO

Beautiful ????

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Typo… not sure where the question marks came from- simply beautiful 👍😊

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