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Red Admiral

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 5, 201281 views5 comments

The background is not ideal but had to manage. It was sunlit while the butterfly was not. To overcome this problem I exposed for the background and used the in-built flash to throw some light at the butterfly @ -2EV. It worked.

The lower wing of the b'fly is slightly tattered.

ND300s, AFD200mm F/4 Micronikkor with 36mm of ET, F/5.6, 1/250 Sec, ISO400 and Tripod.

Thanks a lot for your comments on Damselfly and let me know if this works for you.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on July 5, 2012 at 11:09 PM

I think the BG is pretty cool and enhance the contrast with butterfly, nice detail, wish you upload the larger version

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on July 6, 2012 at 7:20 AM

The background looks fine to me, Ram, as does the rest of the image. The light looks very natural. The coneflower makes a great perch, and the butterfly is well positioned in the frame.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 6, 2012 at 8:05 AM

I think this is a great job of controlling the light BG, and using flash to fill Ram.
I like the subjects placement in your frame, details look good to.
Great perch, perhaps a bit more of it?
Yeah, it works for me

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 6, 2012 at 11:24 PM

Ram: Nicely done and good use of the tools at hand. Love the perch and your plane of focus management at f5.6. Great looking capture. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 7, 2012 at 10:26 AM

Ram:

Wow, really love this BF. The bg is just fine and the exposure is just perfect.

So this is where all the floral moderators hang out!.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments