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Yellow Rose and Cucumber Beetle

Yellow Rose and Cucumber Beetle

The little guys are pretty but destructive. Winchester Bay, Oregon

The little guys are pretty but destructive. Winchester Bay, Oregon
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Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

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Aperture f/3.1 ISO 100 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 5000/1000

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upload_date

Apr, 2017

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Very clever Debbie not only with the colour contrasts of the yellow and black but with the fabulous DOF just focusing on the insect!

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Well, now, I didn't really shoot it that way, Adrian, but thank you very much. I used a 'focal blur' to create the shallow DOF. The contrast, however, is real and achieved by using filtered flash on the camera while dialing the exposure level waaaaay down.

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