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Hoverfly on a thistle

Hoverfly on a thistle

This is European hoverfly (eristalis tenax) eating pollen off a thistle. I especially like the blue gradient in the bokeh and extremely shallow DOF. One of my p...
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This is European hoverfly (eristalis tenax) eating pollen off a thistle. I especially like the blue gradient in the bokeh and extremely shallow DOF. One of my personal macro favorites. Shot in May near Saulkrasti, Latvia.
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Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL

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Aperture f/8.0 ISO 800 Shutter 1/250

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Aug, 2013

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Congrats!

Fantastic macro detail, great colours and very nice clean background......Cool capture. Congrats on the feature.

fine details

Excellent macro. Congratulations.

congrats, fantastic, please check out my works.

Congrats!

Great macro, congrats on your feature!

Beautiful!

Excellent macro capture.Congrats!

Lovely. Congratulation.

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great shot,nice details,congrats

amazing clarity. congrats on your feature

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Beautiful,congratulations on your feature

Love the colors great macro..congrats on the feature!!

Excellent work....congrats

Fantastic composition and depth of field. Congratulations!

Thank you guys for fantastic comments and support! I really appreciate it!

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Awesome capture! Congrats on being featured!

So awesome! Thanks for sharing.

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love it !

Please enter this in my POLLEN FOOD FOR BEES challange

Awesome capture!! Congratulations!!

great color awesome shot

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