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Fairy Staircase

Fairy Staircase

I adore wild mushrooms, and I wish I knew enough about them to adequately describe these.

Imagine the fae folk flitting their way up the staircase ...
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I adore wild mushrooms, and I wish I knew enough about them to adequately describe these.

Imagine the fae folk flitting their way up the staircase to survey their green forest domain.

Shot in the grounds of Hopetoun House, Scotland
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Canon EOS 550D

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settings

Aperture f/1.8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 50/1

location

location

Queensferry, Midlothian, GB

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Nov, 2018

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