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Butterfly

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted February 3, 2011289 views10 comments

My first macro post. This is not truly a macro I guess since I didn't use a macro lens, but what the heck. I don't know the ID of this little fella, but it was pretty. There were bunches of these flying around the day I shot this. Shot on the bank of the Aucilla River, southeast of Tallahassee, FL.

LARGER version available.

D2X w/ 70-200 VR @ 200mm (VR on)
1/500 @ f/8
250 ISO
No filters
Handheld
Capture One 6, CS4, TK's Sharpening Action

Critiques, suggestions, and comments always welcomed and greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking and sharing.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on February 3, 2011 at 10:42 PM

Stunning work Bill , what a shock of colour ,beautiful BG!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 3, 2011 at 10:50 PM

Bill: This is a Gulf Fritillary and a spectacular capture of one. We have a lot of these around our house as we have a bunch of passion vines all over our garden that are host plants for the caterpillars. The underside is altogether different and really beautiful as well. I'd hate to see what you could do with a true macro lens.

Really well done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on February 4, 2011 at 1:27 AM

Bill, this is awesome. Top notch work!

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on February 4, 2011 at 5:46 AM

The first word that came to my mind on viewing this is "spectacular." The second thing that came to my mind is how clear and focused the butterfly is, so that even in the small version you can see the perfect focus on the antennae. Blue antennae, orange butterfly in perfect focus atop yellow flowers with a wonderful background. It doesn't get any better than that.

Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments

Comment posted by BorgesiusBeckles on February 4, 2011 at 11:56 AM

Very Nice portrait Bill.The real name of this little fella is AGRAULIS VANILLAE V.,subfamily Heliconiinae family Nymphalidae.

Registered on November 25, 2003, 253 Posts, 434 Comments

Comment posted by William Brozy on February 4, 2011 at 3:59 PM

Hey Bill - so you come in here with your first macro post and bring a stunner. Really nice job.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 5, 2011 at 5:29 PM

Spectacular detail and such rich color Bill, Beautiful close up.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM

Blazing colors, Bill. Very nicely done

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on February 13, 2011 at 10:23 PM

I have not looked at this gallery for awhile, but this shot insures I check it more often. Great image. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Mohammad Hosseini on October 3, 2011 at 11:32 AM

Nicely done and very well framed. I like the great rich color as well.

Registered on May 16, 2011, 15 Posts, 301 Comments