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Larquin's Admiral

Larquin's Admiral

While on a hike at Eshom Campground got a picture of the Larquin's Admiral. Eshom is located in central California inside Sequoia National Forest. It took ...
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While on a hike at Eshom Campground got a picture of the Larquin's Admiral. Eshom is located in central California inside Sequoia National Forest. It took a good fifteen minutes to get this shot, and an hour laughing on how it must looked for a man to take a picture of a moving butterfly.
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NIKON D5500

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 250 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 550/10

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Jun, 2017

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