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Red Flower, White and Black Butterfly

Red Flower, White and Black Butterfly

One of hundreds of butterflies pollinating in a field of flowers.

Lens: Nikon 28-300 mm

One of hundreds of butterflies pollinating in a field of flowers.

Lens: Nikon 28-300 mm
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NIKON D850

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settings

Aperture f/7.1 ISO 720 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 3000/10

location

location

Patagonia, Arizona, US

upload_date

upload_date

Jun, 2020

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115

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+36

Awards

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Wonderful creative capture!!

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There were hundreds of butterflies in a field of these flowers, thank you for your comments.I appreciate the inputs from a very good photographer

Nice lighting!

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Thank you very much

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Lovely bokeh!

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Thank you,tried using different settings and lens

Beautiful capture!

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