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WC#416 - Underwing
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WC#416 - Underwing

by Katja Rosvall

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted January 28, 201061 views8 comments
The underside of a Comma's (Polygonia c-album) wing, easy to recognise by that white C.

As you can see, the plane of focus isn't perfectly in line with the subject, but I have a good excuse: this isn't a studio shot but the subject was a live, freely moving butterfly. I managed to grab two shots before the critter decided to make itself scarce.

Olympus E-3
Sigma 105 mm macro
1/40 sec @ f9.0
ISO 125
No flash, handheld

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Wayne Jones on January 28, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Katja,
The pattern of scales is very interesting, but seldom noticed. Congratulations on capturing this from a live subject! I find that this species does not like me getting close.
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Comment posted by István Molnár on January 28, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Nice work!
István
Registered on January 7, 2010, 114 Posts, 704 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Zimski on January 28, 2010 at 12:56 PM
Very interesting shot.
Registered on January 4, 2010, 9 Posts, 18 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 28, 2010 at 1:37 PM
Pretty impressive considering the circumstances--a great subject!
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Comment posted by István Pénzes on January 28, 2010 at 4:16 PM
Like a homespun, Katja. Great colours and texture. Congrats.

István
Registered on January 12, 2010, 35 Posts, 192 Comments
Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on January 28, 2010 at 8:23 PM
Nice shot. Butterflies move so quickly! The colors and textures are very nice.
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Comment posted by Miro Susta on January 29, 2010 at 2:20 AM
Nicely done Katja. :smile:
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Comment posted by Sindy Burk on November 3, 2010 at 9:34 AM
Hi Katja,
I really like this shot, especially as it's taken on the spot, alive.
It's abstract, I like it and your eye keeps looking at it, but I think without the title it would have been even more abstract.
Nice shot, thanks for sharing;)

Sindy
Registered on October 28, 2010, 29 Posts, 44 Comments