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New Guinean Bird-of-Paradise Plant

New Guinean Bird-of-Paradise Plant

Photographed at the Port Moresby Nature Park in Papua New Guinea and verified by park staff that this an actual species of the Bird-of-Paradise plant. I used a...
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Photographed at the Port Moresby Nature Park in Papua New Guinea and verified by park staff that this an actual species of the Bird-of-Paradise plant. I used a soft focus (not blurred) to pull out the pastel colors.
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NIKON D5100

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 400/10

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Feb, 2018

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