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Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

This hornet had flown into our garage and could not find his way out. I helped him (or her?) and when, after the alarming experience, he had sat on a rosebud a...
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This hornet had flown into our garage and could not find his way out. I helped him (or her?) and when, after the alarming experience, he had sat on a rosebud and cleaned himself for a while he waved me goodbye.
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SONY DSLR-A300

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/125 Focal Length 2800/10

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upload_date

Aug, 2015

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258

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+31

Awards

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