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chriswhittier

Iced Grasshopper

Iced Grasshopper

A dewy grasshopper waits for the morning sun to warm him up on some invasive ice (aka stone) plants in CA.

A dewy grasshopper waits for the morning sun to warm him up on some invasive ice (aka stone) plants in CA.
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Canon EOS 20D

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 400 Shutter 1/25 Focal Length 70/1

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Jul, 2018

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