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Reflexed Hibiscus

Reflexed Hibiscus

Normally, the petals of a hibiscus are large and fold forward covering the pestle and stamen. While on a photo excusion with my daughter, she spotted this one ...
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Normally, the petals of a hibiscus are large and fold forward covering the pestle and stamen. While on a photo excusion with my daughter, she spotted this one where the petals are curved backward instead of forward and are very finely fringed instead of solid. I have never seen another hibiscus with this characteristic.

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Canon EOS REBEL T3i

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 800 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 154/1

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Jul, 2017

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