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Fawlty Towers.

This native epiphyte orchid which has made its home a top of this dead native tree trunk, isn't about to fall off its perch just quite yet as the photo tit...
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This native epiphyte orchid which has made its home a top of this dead native tree trunk, isn't about to fall off its perch just quite yet as the photo title suggests, lol.
With most of New Zealand's native tree's being hardwoods, this dead tree isn't about to fall down in the short term future.
Its lone, lofty height allows it a prime location for growth & to reproduce its species, well before gravity will finally take hold of its vantage point.
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Canon EOS 5DS R

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Aperture 45/10 ISO 100 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 200/1

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Jan, 2017

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