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Fading Glory

Fading Glory

A poppy wilting in the heat of Summer

A poppy wilting in the heat of Summer
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camera

NIKON D7000

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settings

Aperture 50/10 ISO 400 Shutter 10/4000 Focal Length 600/10

upload_date

upload_date

Jan, 2017

Views

106

Likes

+33

Awards

Peer Award

+8

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Still looking great

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Many thanks, Glenda. I find that dying flower are often really gorgeous, and extremely photogenic!

Very vivid, and nice use of focus! ;)

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Merci, Kathy. I loved my poppies last Spring, but the Summer was just too hot for them, even though I moved them into the shade. Kinda sad.

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