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I found this nice Cross Orbweaver outside of the Portland Japanese Garden, I loved the small droplets of water on the web combined with the bokehed out backgrou...
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I found this nice Cross Orbweaver outside of the Portland Japanese Garden, I loved the small droplets of water on the web combined with the bokehed out background.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/50 Focal Length 2000/10

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Sep, 2015

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This is a fantastic shot. The sort I always try (& fail) to take. So many people just get a spray bottle & leave the web with huge, obviously man-made water drops. Amazing composition!

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Awesome capture of this web. Not always easy to do.

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