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Royal Penstemon

Royal Penstemon

This species of Penstemon is normally a dark blue like those in the background; however, this variant took on a pink hue more commonly found in the balloon pens...
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This species of Penstemon is normally a dark blue like those in the background; however, this variant took on a pink hue more commonly found in the balloon penstemon.
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Canon EOS REBEL T4i

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settings

Aperture f/11.0 ISO 400 Shutter 1/60

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Jul, 2013

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