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"Did You Know Plants are Hairy?"

"Did You Know Plants are Hairy?"

I've been on a bit of a macro kick lately and have been testing the limits of my available equipment. I've ALSO been involving my niece and nephew a l...
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I've been on a bit of a macro kick lately and have been testing the limits of my available equipment. I've ALSO been involving my niece and nephew a lot more when I photograph. Sometimes my nephew and I will walk around my parents' yard and we'll both point out to each other little things to photograph.

On this occasion, I was playing around with a macro extension for my camera, and the kids really got a kick out of how 'hairy' plants are!
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Canon EOS 60D

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 800 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 50/1

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Palos Hills, Illinois, US

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upload_date

May, 2019

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120

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