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Life and Death

Life and Death

I have these flowers sitting outside my front door. They belong to a bush that has been blossoming all summer long, and it is finally starting to show some evid...
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I have these flowers sitting outside my front door. They belong to a bush that has been blossoming all summer long, and it is finally starting to show some evidence of the cold Minnesota winter looming a few months away. I am playing with my camera at the moment, so capturing a life and death shot was a new experience.
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Canon EOS REBEL T5

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 6400 Shutter 1/3200 Focal Length 135/1

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Sep, 2017

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