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Sign of Spring

Sign of Spring

A swallowtail butterfly welcomes Spring at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge near San Jose, California. ...
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A swallowtail butterfly welcomes Spring at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge near San Jose, California.
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camera

NIKON D7100

settings

settings

Aperture f/13 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 130/1

upload_date

upload_date

Apr, 2017

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1179

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+176

Awards

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

+19

Superb Composition

+18

Outstanding Creativity

+10

Top Choice

+4

Magnificent Capture

+2

Superior Skill

All Star

Genius

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This is stunning...Lovely bright colors and clear detail.... Beautiful

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This is one of my new favorites of your works. Love swallowtails.

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Beautiful creativity at work here in this beautiful compositions Nina! I've yet to get a capture of one of these beautiful butterflies!!

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So pretty, Nina! Great capture...fantastic edit! Love it! :)

wow , love the colors and perspective , such a piece of art

Absolutely gorgeous!! シ

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Beautiful Nina.

Pure Genius Nina. The best swallowtail I have ever seen.

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Absolutely fantabulous, Nina!

Amazing macro work ????????????

So beautiful! A fantasy! :)

fantastic!

Beautiful!!! love the editing. brilliant work

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Beautiful capture!

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Gorgeous!!! Love it! : )

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Voted 'image of the month' contest.

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This is just lovely.....the softness of this photo just makes it amazing!

Fantastic Nina!!

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Stunning :-)

You scored again...excellent job Nina!!!

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Another Amazing Photo! You're So Talented Nina!

Beautiful
Thanks for joining my BF challenge

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