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Painted Lady

EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
edited May 6, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
...of the natural kind...
My first butterfly catch. Any rules for photographing butterflies?

175 mm - f/5.3 - 1/2500 sec
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~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe

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    IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2010
    Wowser!
    The only rule I can think of right away is to keep doing exactly what you did.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
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    snowman1snowman1 Registered Users Posts: 272 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2010
    Realy nice work
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    black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,321 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2010
    Hi Eia,

    Very well done. Good background control. Beautiful shot.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
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    wendellwendell Registered Users Posts: 308 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2010
    Hi Eia, that is a beautiful shot, I like everything about it. My only suggestion would be to soften the colors of the flower and the greenery just a touch. It tends to pull the eye away from your subject, the butterfly. Great job, can't wait to see your 2nd attempt.thumb.gif
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    EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2010
    wendell wrote: »
    Hi Eia, that is a beautiful shot, I like everything about it. My only suggestion would be to soften the colors of the flower and the greenery just a touch. It tends to pull the eye away from your subject, the butterfly. Great job, can't wait to see your 2nd attempt.thumb.gif

    Thanks Wendell, actually I was just working on that. They do seem to compete. I'll have one that represents the true, brighter colors and one subdued.
    ~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe
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    EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2010
    Icebear wrote: »
    The only rule I can think of right away is to keep doing exactly what you did.

    Thanks for your kind remark!
    ~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe
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    invisibleinvisible Registered Users Posts: 440 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2010
    Icebear wrote: »
    The only rule I can think of right away is to keep doing exactly what you did.
    Wise words :) Really nice shot!
    I steal the soul of inanimate things.

    Federico
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    DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2010
    Eia - this is a beautiful photo thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
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    rookieshooterrookieshooter Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2010
    Very nice. Wow!
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    EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2010
    rookieshooter wrote: »
    Very nice. Wow!

    Thanks Mary and Frederico - appreciate the comment! I found it difficult to catch the butterfly - they sure are 'flighty'!
    ~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe
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    R.JayR.Jay Registered Users Posts: 974 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2010
    Hi Eia. Well done - beautiful shot. Composition is perfect clap.gif

    Cheers, Richard.
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    DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited May 6, 2010
    A fine capture. Very nice. A great payoff for your effort. thumb.gif

    Rule? Get the shot best way you know how. Just like you did here. :D
    Michael
    Michael
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    EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited May 6, 2010
    DaddyO wrote: »
    A fine capture. Very nice. A great payoff for your effort. thumb.gif

    Rule? Get the shot best way you know how. Just like you did here. :D
    Michael

    Ha ha...thanks for the tip and the comment!
    ~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe
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