DebbieSalvesen

Common Buckeye Butterfly on Leaves

Common Buckeye Butterfly on Leaves

Brookfield Zoo near Chicago, IL is an amazing zoo. In the summer, they have an enclosed butterfly garden where children stare in wide-eyed wonder of these butt...
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Brookfield Zoo near Chicago, IL is an amazing zoo. In the summer, they have an enclosed butterfly garden where children stare in wide-eyed wonder of these butterflies of all different colors, sizes and shapes. They get so excited when one lands on somebody. I love the amazing colors and markings that are used to camouflage themselves from predators.
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Canon EOS 7D

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Aperture 56/10 ISO 100 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 400/1

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Jan, 2017

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