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Bursting Beauty

Bursting Beauty

I love milkweed in the fall when the seed pods burst open and display their soft, gleaming beauty. ...almost as beautiful as the Monarch butterflies the plants...
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I love milkweed in the fall when the seed pods burst open and display their soft, gleaming beauty. ...almost as beautiful as the Monarch butterflies the plants have nurtured will be in the spring.
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camera

NIKON D5300

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settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 10/8000 Focal Length 3000/10

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2017

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133

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+56

Awards

Peer Award

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Great capture!

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Simply glorious, dear Kathy! And perfect edit, too! Really love this!

Absolutely ❤ this!! シ

Excellent, a real art meets science type of photo. :)

Magnificent capture.

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So pretty! Beautifully captured! :)

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Terrific capture!

Beautiful shot!

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I love shots like this ...........so beautiful before they fly away !

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Beautiful

This is lovely! You've really caught the silky texture

gorgeous macro ... amazing detail

So beautifully captured!!!! :)

Pretty!

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Beautifully captured.. I read recently that the floss from milkweed is being used for lining winter jackets :-)

Beautiful:)

This is beautiful. Love that touch of light which really shows up the silky texture. This photo would look stunning on greeting cards Kathy.

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Looks a little like cotton....but not really!

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