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Preparing for Virgin Flight

I captured this black swallowtail perched on a dill plant and just above its chrysalis preparing for its first flight. Both are backlit by the morning sun. ...
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I captured this black swallowtail perched on a dill plant and just above its chrysalis preparing for its first flight. Both are backlit by the morning sun.
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II

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settings

Aperture f/11 ISO 200 Shutter 1/100 Focal Length 300/1

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location

Maryland, US

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upload_date

Oct, 2021

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54

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