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Blooming Alone

Blooming Alone

I live in the St Croix River Valley in Minnesota so there's always something to photograph. I came across this lone wild flower in a field and the orange a...
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I live in the St Croix River Valley in Minnesota so there's always something to photograph. I came across this lone wild flower in a field and the orange and yellow against all the green just seemed to pop.
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Canon PowerShot A560

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Aperture f/2.6 ISO 80 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 5800/1000

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Jan, 2016

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