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view looking down on top of thistle

view looking down on top of thistle

I decided to get a little creative with angles and took this photo of a thistle from directly above and lightly tilted. I like the way the rest of the thistle l...
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I decided to get a little creative with angles and took this photo of a thistle from directly above and lightly tilted. I like the way the rest of the thistle looks so surreal.
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HDC-TM90

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Aperture f/2.0 Shutter 1/500

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Jun, 2014

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