Variations on a theme

riddim_maker

Hopefully I'm not too late for the butterfly fest:wink
This is just my variation on what has already been presented by the other "westies" Ben, Jeff and William
C&C welcome

THE NON TRANSLUCENT VERSION


UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL


IN DETAIL


IN COLOR


FROM BELOW


FROM ABOVE


FROM THE SIDE


ON THE HAND


ON THE FINGER


AND IN THE WILD

bfjr

All Great, Knew they would

But isn't it funny .......... I really dig the one in the wild

Looks like your setup worked real Good

ShepsMom

Beautiful Russ! Rich colors, great saturation, clarity, everything! Just picture perfert! clap

Ric Grupe

All terrific, Russ.

The detail of the antenna in the "on the hand" shot is amazing. Which lens did you use?

tlee

Wow! these are all well done! I really like the 2nd one!!

jwear

your flash set up worked to a tee great work Russ a did not see from above and from below is what about dallas

dallas

And once again you put us to shame by showing how it can be done..... excellent Russ.

Harryb

Excellent Russ. That second shot is amazing. :wow

Maestro

Spetacular shots! Not too much more to say. Wait, that second one is incredible! Okay, that's it. Wait, that one picture just above and the other one just below the yellow skipper shot are both fantastic! Okay, that is it. Wait..... wink

riddim_maker

bfjr wrote:

All Great, Knew they would

But isn't it funny .......... I really dig the one in the wild

Looks like your setup worked real Good

Thanks Ben
Even though we have to make a bigger effort at getting the shot there's really no substitute for the natural habitat, it just feels better.

riddim_maker

ShepsMom wrote:

Beautiful Russ! Rich colors, great saturation, clarity, everything! Just picture perfert! clap

Thanks Marina

riddim_maker

Ric Grupe wrote:

All terrific, Russ.

The detail of the antenna in the "on the hand" shot is amazing. Which lens did you use?

Thanks Ric,
I used the EF100mm F2.8 macro for all of these shots except for the last one (in the wild), I used the EF300 F4 + 1.4TC

riddim_maker

tlee wrote:

Wow! these are all well done! I really like the 2nd one!!

Much appreciated, #2 is also one of my favorites

Shasoc

Excellent set, Russ. Exquisite DOF and detail. I particularly like the Heliconian.

riddim_maker

jwear wrote:

your flash set up worked to a tee great work Russ a did not see from above and from below is what about dallas

Thanks Jeff, this flash setup seems to work great for small objects.
I was happy for the opportunity to use it outside of my garden.
Jeff, where were you looking that you missed the "Buckeye" .
Ok, I cheated :cry , the "from above" was from last years' exhibit.
I thought it worked better than this one:


Sorry, Dallas seemed more illusive to than the BIF Ben captured

riddim_maker

dallas wrote:

And once again you put us to shame by showing how it can be done..... excellent Russ.

I appreciate the accolade William although I think you're more deserving of it.
Thanks for reminding us of the butterfly exhibit and the opportunity to redeem myself from last year's shortcomings
It was fun, lets do it again

riddim_maker

Harryb wrote:

Excellent Russ. That second shot is amazing. :wow

Much appreciated Harry

riddim_maker

Maestro wrote:

Spetacular shots! Not too much more to say. Wait, that second one is incredible! Okay, that's it. Wait, that one picture just above and the other one just below the yellow skipper shot are both fantastic! Okay, that is it. Wait..... wink

wait...wait...there's more to come...
I really appreciate your positive and humorous comments, Maestro

JohnDC

Very nice range of shots, Russ--from the field shot to the facial shot to the wing scales.