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Rice Paper #2
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Rice Paper #2

by Yun Gao

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 1, 2013131 views8 comments
The Rice Paper (Idea leucone) is a quite friendly butterfly in the butterfly house. It is beautiful, relatively big, slow and calm.

D90, 28-105mm, f/4.5, 1/125, ISO400, +0.3 EV, 75% of full frame. April 2013, Montreal Botanical Garden.

All comments welcome.

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on August 1, 2013 at 11:43 PM
Beautiful, Yun. Love the gorgeous BF and the soft bg colors. Top notch bf image. :toast:
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Comment posted by Roberto Facchini on August 2, 2013 at 8:32 AM
Beautiful picture, I like the detail on the wings.
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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on August 2, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Beautiful image of this butterfly! Excelllent detail, comp, and colors.
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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on August 2, 2013 at 10:33 PM
This is a special image,
The head turn of the subject is outstanding, I have never seen this species before.
Very well captured and presented . . . :cool:
Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments
Comment posted by Roger Leekam on August 4, 2013 at 10:09 AM
Great capture of a tough subject. Light, color BG all superb. Good work!
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 5, 2013 at 9:24 PM
Hello Yun :wavey: A superb composition! Great detail on the butterfly, and the colors and BG make this a winner :toast:
Albewrt Darmo
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Comment posted by Steve Zimic on August 9, 2013 at 9:25 PM
Absolutely no nits here. Stunning image. That 28-105 has the best macro performance of any zoom in it's class. :toast:
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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on May 4, 2014 at 3:41 PM
Gorgeous critter and shot—colors, composition, textures.
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