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Giant Swallowtail on Penta

Giant Swallowtail on Penta

Giant Swallowtail butterfly perched on a Penta flower. You can see the long tongue of the butterfly protruding as it sips nectar from the flower....
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Giant Swallowtail butterfly perched on a Penta flower. You can see the long tongue of the butterfly protruding as it sips nectar from the flower.
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Canon EOS 50D

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 640 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 300/1

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Mar, 2015

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Beautiful!

Very interesting!

Superb,

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Used a 300mm telephoto to get this and then cropped it a bit. Just got a 100mm Macro and trying real macro work now.Thanks.

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Awesome macro - what lens did you use!

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I just read the previous response lol :)

Very sharp beautiful shot

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