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Thistle Two-Step

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Thistle Two-Step

by Howard Cheek

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted May 11, 2012145 views6 comments

The Eastern Comma is known as the "people friendly, dancing" butterfly.
Since it's sort of "stepping" from thistle to thistle, the Texas Two-Step came to mind..
And Texans are well known for their friendliness & country dancin' :)
F/16, 1/300th, ISO 640, 1D M3, Sigma 150mm f/2.8 + Kenko 1.4x and fill.
Monopod for support. Have a great weekend!

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on May 11, 2012 at 8:26 PM

Wow, Howard. This is spectacular. What an amazing butterfly. I don't know about friendly and dancing, but you do have colorful (and big) butterflies in Texas. I also really like your comp which includes the soft yet colorful habitat. Looks storybook. I would suggest cloning the dark spot on the stem of the second thistle, but that's obviously very minor.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on May 11, 2012 at 11:56 PM

Looks like monarch. Well captured details. Bit more space at the bottom would be nice. Well done.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on May 12, 2012 at 1:45 AM

Excellent shot- Great light, fine detail on the pristine specimen and a very interesting perspective- Thanks for sharing, Fabio

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on May 12, 2012 at 8:16 PM

Real nice !

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 13, 2012 at 10:44 PM

Hi howard

Your on a roll, with your fine butterfly images

beautifully captured in flight, this Comma is awesome, great color and BG

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on May 14, 2012 at 7:10 PM

I like the colour here. I find the weight to the left with that background thistle a little unbalanced..

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