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By Daniel Soderstrom

I gave my daughter her first camera when she was 3 years old. Two years later and she still takes it everywhere we go. Here she is taking photos of the plants and flowers at the Como Zoo and Conservatory in Saint Paul, Mn.

• CAMERA: Canon 5D MarkII
• FOCAL LENGTH: 135mm
• SHUTTER SPEED: 1/320 sec
• LENS: EF 135mm f/2L
• ISO: 200
• APERTURE (F-STOP): f/2