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Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Black Swallowtail Butterfly

He or she stood out like a sore thumb, there was nothing else in the fleld with the blacks on this butterfly.

He or she stood out like a sore thumb, there was nothing else in the fleld with the blacks on this butterfly.
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 200 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 70/1

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Jul, 2017

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Focus wasn't as tack sharp as I would have liked, but it's such cool looking creature.

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