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White Prairie Thistle

White Prairie Thistle

This is a wild prairie white thistle photographed using the dawn sun to provide back lighting, silhouetting of stem, and light-shadow play to show spike details...
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This is a wild prairie white thistle photographed using the dawn sun to provide back lighting, silhouetting of stem, and light-shadow play to show spike details. Used tripod and 10 second delay to minimize motion issues.
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SONY SLT-A58

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Aperture 28/5 ISO 100 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 35/1

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Jun, 2018

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