Butterflys and Dragons

gluwater

Awais Yaqub

nicely don i really liked dragons

boogie

Oh My...such beautiful photography. Love the dragons and the butterflies.
The colors really POP!

Bell Ringer

gluwater wrote:

Really great shots. I particularly like shots 3 & 4. What kind of lens did you use to capture them? Thanks

Skippy

gluwater wrote:

Awwwwww I want a butterfly in my backyard sooooooooo bad I do
I still have 3 Swan plants growing wonderfully but no sign of butterflies at all...........when Spring comes these plants will probably be as good as they are going to be, but I don't understand why no sign of butterflies

I might have to go find somewhere that has the same plant and remove some of the caterpillars and bring them home to my place to get the ball rolling??

Ya lucky guy you, got yourself a Dragonfly too good for you
Nice work ........ Skippy (Australia)

Dalantech

gluwater wrote:

Don't get me wrong -I liked the dragons. But this butterfly shot deserves to be printed large and framed! Everything about it works, including the background (most people ignore the background in macro shots -big mistake).

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful series
Really like #2&#3
Brian V.

gluwater

Thanks you Awais and Boogie. I've been processing my shots a little different lately and I think it is working pretty well so far.

gluwater

Bell Ringer wrote:

Really great shots. I particularly like shots 3 & 4. What kind of lens did you use to capture them? Thanks

First two were with a 400 f/5.6 and the last two were with a 300 f/4IS + Tamron 1.4x TC. Tripod was used on all shots.

gluwater

Thanks Skippy. I don't have many butterflys near me, I have to drive to get them. There are a couple other species where I shoot but I haven't been able to get them yet.
I neveer know what I am going to get. I went shooting to try and capture some of the prarie birds but I ended up with these instead. I still went home happy.

gluwater

Dalantech wrote:

Don't get me wrong -I liked the dragons. But this butterfly shot deserves to be printed large and framed! Everything about it works, including the background (most people ignore the background in macro shots -big mistake).

Thanks for the nice comments. I would have liked the shot to have been less busy but I still like it. You mean people actually print the pictures they take. I have a bunch I want to print out but still haven't gotten around to it. One of these days.

gluwater

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Wonderful series
Really like #2&#3
Brian V.

Thanks for looking Brian.

Frog Lady

very nice Nick I have to agree w/ Boogie about how much the colors POP. While they're all very good, I think the 1st one is my favorite - I like the contrast of the orange in the flutterby w/ the purple in the flowers.

c.

Dalantech

gluwater wrote:

Thanks for the nice comments. I would have liked the shot to have been less busy but I still like it. You mean people actually print the pictures they take. I have a bunch I want to print out but still haven't gotten around to it. One of these days.

-I'm bad about printing too. What I started doing was printing 8x10s of my best images and then putting them in a photo album so at some point I'll have a book for the coffee table.

ultravox

I'll print them in a heart beat.