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Butterfly on Blue

Butterfly on Blue

A Green-Veined White Butterfly (Pieris Napi) resting on a Grape Hyacinth (thanks to my viewers!).

A Green-Veined White Butterfly (Pieris Napi) resting on a Grape Hyacinth (thanks to my viewers!).
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Aperture 13/1 ISO 100 Shutter 1/8 Focal Length 100/1

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Dec, 2016

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Grape Hyacinth, one of my favourite flowers ;)

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Thank you Amizura for the type of flower - edited now.

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Yes, grape hyacinth

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Thank you Jan for the flower name verification. :)

This is a fabulous macro! Wonderful colors, details, and bokeh! :)

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Thank you Kathy, but I didn't realize until now that it was also a bokeh (thanks for that tip).

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Gorgeous capture!

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