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Macro View of Butterfly Scales

A close-up, macro view of butterfly wing scales arranged in shingled patterns of emerald green, teal, and black.

The hindwing of an emerald swallowtail at 5:1, bands of scales shingled like tiny tiles shifting from emerald to blue-green where the light strikes, the black scales between them like velvet, raking light from the left, a palette of emerald, teal and black, 100mm macro, focus stacked. See more

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