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Painted Tongue

Painted Tongue

This was taken at the Chicago Botanic Garden in one of the green houses. It was a sunny day, so I brought along a smaller 5-in-1 reflector and used the diffuse...
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This was taken at the Chicago Botanic Garden in one of the green houses. It was a sunny day, so I brought along a smaller 5-in-1 reflector and used the diffuser portion to give me some great soft light. I got a few funny looks using it, but it was worth it and may have sold a few when I showed people the difference it made. These plants are naturally vibrantly colored.
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camera

NIKON D600

settings

settings

Aperture f/3 ISO 720 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 1050/10

upload_date

upload_date

Jul, 2015

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1130

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Awards

Creative Winter Award

Curator's Selection

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Contest Finalist in Bright Flowers Photo Contest

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Peer Award

+76

Superb Composition

+36

Top Choice

+20

Absolute Masterpiece

+17

Outstanding Creativity

+9

All Star

+3

Magnificent Capture

Superior Skill

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Top 10 rank

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Congratulations on your Contest Finalist win in Bright Flowers Photo Contest!

Nice and sharp! that's the way I like it! And brilliantly colorful too!! I don't know if this is HDR or not, (I'm not a big fan of HDR), but if so, it's the one I like! Excellent job.

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