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Aurora Butterfly

Aurora Butterfly

Photographed this Aurora Butterfly in one of the many flower areas of the San Antonio Botanical Gardens yesterday on a photo field trip with my daughter....
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Photographed this Aurora Butterfly in one of the many flower areas of the San Antonio Botanical Gardens yesterday on a photo field trip with my daughter.
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NIKON D5100

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ISO 200

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Aug, 2016

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1652

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Awards

Contest Finalist in Macro Butterflies Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Beautiful Butterflies Photo Contest

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Superb Composition

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Top Choice

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Outstanding Creativity

+3

Magnificent Capture

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Gorgeous shot

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Thank you. Edited out some of the background with a color fill in PS.

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You did an awesome job

Superb!

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