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Butterfly Dreams

Butterfly Dreams

A capture of a multi coloured butterfly, one of many different species, which are in a living hot house display at the Melbourne Zoo which I visited recently....
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A capture of a multi coloured butterfly, one of many different species, which are in a living hot house display at the Melbourne Zoo which I visited recently.
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Canon EOS 5DS R

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 200 Shutter 1/100 Focal Length 120/1

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May, 2017

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131

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+14

Awards

2020 Choice Award

Absolute Masterpiece

+4

Top Choice

+2

Superb Composition

+1

Peer Award

Outstanding Creativity

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