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Butterflies in a Row
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Butterflies in a Row

by Richard Teller

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted October 28, 2010104 views3 comments
I was at the Old Stone Fort State Historical Park in Manchester, TN and these butterflies were thick. I took a little work to get close enough to any of them to make an image. These all lined up and posed for me. I would appreciate your feed back on whether this works well or not. Cropped to about 75% of original. Some levels and curves.

Canon 30D
Sigma 70-300
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/180
Aperture f8
ISO 400
300mm
Exposure Comp. -1 1/2

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Krunal Janani on October 29, 2010 at 2:56 AM
Excellent comp. Richard, the dof is spot on for my tastes
one small nit, try & see if u can clone the last leaf on the top as it's grabbing my attention
Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 29, 2010 at 8:21 PM
Richard
Works well. Great work for getting 3 bf in the frame. Like your choice of DOF. Would prefer a little more room along the right rather than the left as the focused bf is flying in that direction. Might also try to rotate the image slightly CW for a more diagonal.
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Sam Rua on October 31, 2010 at 11:40 PM
Sweet comp, Richard. Nicely captured. DOF is ok by me. :wavey:
Registered on September 9, 2006, 130 Posts, 2281 Comments