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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 22, 201094 views5 comments

Just returned from my trip to El Salvador/Guatemala. I must admit I'm a bit disappointed in my photos (also in the lack of subjects... NO flowers! Seriously?!) but got a few keepers.

This is from when our car broke down in the mountains of El Salvador... while we waited for La Policia to show up (they were extremely nice/helpful) I thought I'd shoot the multitude of butterflies around and liked the detail I got on this. The perch is a brick column. I don't know what species this is, but I'm pretty sure I saw my species of butterfly in this country than birds if you can believe it.

Nikon D300s 105mm f/2.8 VR + 1.7X TC HH
f/13
1/640s
ISO 800

Minor Crop, rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

- Luke

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 22, 2010 at 10:49 PM

Luke:
Good selective focusing, tack sharp around the eyes.

Sorry to hear about your trip. The last thing you want on a trip is a broken down car; but you did make the most of it. There a is a Zen saying 'A bad thing is a good thing'.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on June 22, 2010 at 11:39 PM

Cool shot. Emphasis on the eyes, with quite a bit of detail in the wings works well on this. (Oh, you're back already - looks like you got some good stuff even if your expectations were even loftier.)

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on June 23, 2010 at 2:54 AM

I love your choice of selective focus,Luke! Very good result.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Doug Benner on June 23, 2010 at 1:52 PM

Really good pof on the eye. Looks like he's leaning into the shot.

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on June 25, 2010 at 5:31 PM

Hey Luke, nice point of focus and DOF.

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