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Butterflies

Butterflies

The light was perfect on the one flying in, and the composition is made more interesting by the depth of field.

The light was perfect on the one flying in, and the composition is made more interesting by the depth of field.
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Canon EOS 50D

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/500

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Oct, 2013

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Nice shot

gorgeous !

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Awesome!

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love those beautiful colors together. Nice dof too.

Great shot! The slightest illusion of movement in the wings as the eyes look over the photo. Very nice :)

Beautiful closeup

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Two butterfly's at one time is great & the eye leads in to the pic very well!

Wonderful butterfly shot......voted

Still think it is stunning....voted in Flying insects comp..k

Beautiful!

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Nice capture.

Nice capture!

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