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Common Buckeye

Common Buckeye

Love the colors of the ubiquitous buckeye. Especially I like the blue across the front of the wing because that is generated by the iridescent scales....
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Love the colors of the ubiquitous buckeye. Especially I like the blue across the front of the wing because that is generated by the iridescent scales.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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settings

Aperture f/8 ISO 1250 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 180/1

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location

Ellerbe, North Carolina, US

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upload_date

Jul, 2020

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