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Milkweed Seeds

Milkweed Seeds

A few milkweed seeds that are ripe and ready to fly away and find a new home.

A few milkweed seeds that are ripe and ready to fly away and find a new home.
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camera

NIKON D7200

settings

settings

Aperture 90/10 ISO 320 Shutter 10/2500 Focal Length 1400/10

location

location

Gloversville, New York, US

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2019

Views

880

Likes

+286

Awards

People's Choice in Seed pods Photo Challenge

People's Choice in Gone to Seed Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+94

Outstanding Creativity

+24

Absolute Masterpiece

+18

Top Choice

+17

Superb Composition

+10

Magnificent Capture

+6

Genius

All Star

Virtuoso

Superior Skill

Emotions

Impressed

+28

Happy

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Categories

Macro
Nature

Beautiful shot

Thank you very much :)

Amazing shot!!

Thank you. I appreciate it very much :)

Cool!

Thank you :)

Wonderful shot!

Thank you very much :)

Platinum

Very g-o-o-d!!!!

Wow! Great composition! Love the softness and ‘movement’ of the seeds.

Thank you for such a wonderful reply :)

PRO+

Stunning shot. Beautiful!

Thanks! I appreciate it very much :)

Wow this is great. This spring i will plant more milkweed for the butterflies!

We grow milkweed just for that purpose. I've gotten hundreds of images from various types of butterflies that depend on these plants.

Nice capture!

Wow, great capture of the milkweed seeds and pod! The clarity and composition is outstanding! Beautiful!

Thank you very much for the wonderful comments. I appreciate it.

Ultimate

Way cool Greg! kurt

PRO

Congratulations on your win Greg with this marvelous macro.

PRO+

Awesome macro! I knew this was milkweed as soon as I saw it.💪

Incredible.

Congratulations on your gone to see photo award!

voted seed pod!

Ultimate

Beautiful! Congratulations on your challenge win!

Congratulations on your win

PRO+

just lovely shot, congrats to your awards

Platinum

Amazing macro:-)

Congratulations on your seeds pods award!

PRO+

Gorgeous Photo 💖

Platinum

Superb! Great composition!

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