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Sulfur butterflies are readily attracted to flower blossoms. We think their tall antennae and bulbous compound eyes make them look comical and we speculate over what they think of us, Nikon D4, Nikon 200mm micro lens, ISO 200, f/32, 1/5 second, Cloudy WB, manual focus and exposure.

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Close-up and Macro

A close-up image can be many things. A tight shot of the face of a horse is certainly a close-up image, but its face covers quite a large area. Generally, photographers consider close-up photography to be frame-filling images of fairly small subjects. Close-up photography is loosely considered to be photographing anything between one-tenth and ...

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