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Fly on Skin

Fly on Skin

A fly that was resting on my arm...

A fly that was resting on my arm...
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Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/320

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Jun, 2013

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Excellent macro. Congratulations.

Congrats! Excellent capture!

great shot

AMAZING1

beautiful macro shot! did you fire a flash?

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