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Black Swallowtail butterfly on "Horrible Thislte (that really is the name!)", Shark Valley, The Everglades National Park, Florida March 2013. I was riding a bicylce into a steady, 10-15mph headwind when I saw this butterfly. There had not been many that day. It was terrible, glaring mid day light and with the wind, even harder to get a good shot. And, it was a raggedy, less than perfect butterfly. But, I fought for it! We have these butterflies and this thistle in Maine. Here we call it Bull Thistle.
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Grouping of purple-flowering arctium lappa plants in Herat, Afghanistan
View of an flowering Arctium lappa (burdock) plant growing from a barricade in Herat. Afghanistan.
Yeah, I've taken this shot before, but couldn't resist this little drenched beauty. I didn't adjust the color one bit - the richness and saturation out of the GH3 is pretty intense and it seems to get the color purple right by itself, with no adjustment needed from me. OM 90mm at probably f8 or 5.6. I also used the onboard flash to brighten up those droplets a bit. It still left the backlighting evident in the petals and so all I can say is wow.
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