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Mexican sunflower

Mexican sunflower

An attractive Mexican torch sunflower.
This fragrant orange flower with large, velvety leaves attracts many bees, butterflies, and small flowerpecker b...
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An attractive Mexican torch sunflower.
This fragrant orange flower with large, velvety leaves attracts many bees, butterflies, and small flowerpecker birds.
Clicked through the garden fence.

RAW: _DSC1127
Pashan Lake, Pune, India

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camera

NIKON D5300

settings

settings

Aperture 56/10 ISO 900 Shutter 10/40000 Focal Length 2000/10

location

location

Pune, Maharashtra, IN

upload_date

upload_date

Nov, 2021

Views

285

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+91

Awards

People's Choice in Orange Flowers Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+69

Absolute Masterpiece

+8

Superb Composition

+4

Top Choice

+3

Outstanding Creativity

Magnificent Capture

Virtuoso

Superior Skill

All Star

Emotions

Impressed

+3

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Categories

Gorgeous!

:) Thank you, Beverly.

Platinum

Beautiful shot

:) Thank you, Victor.

Platinum

Dancing in the sunlight

:) Nice... I like it.

Outstanding Capture

Thank you, Sarath. :)

PRO+

Simply Beautiful

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Congratulations

Thank you, dear. :)

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