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Butterlfy and cone flowe
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Butterlfy and cone flowe

by John Tobias

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 18, 2014111 views8 comments
I believe this is one of the cabbage butterflies. It was a willing subject as it fed off of the purple cone flower.

Canon PS SX50
1/640 @ F-7.1 ISO 200
Canon 4.3-215 @ 17.5mm
HH

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on August 18, 2014 at 5:31 PM
Nice shot !!
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Comment posted by scott lanz on August 18, 2014 at 8:50 PM
Very nice, John. Good detail and a nice bg for the BF. :toast:
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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on August 18, 2014 at 10:11 PM
Hi John,

Even very common butterflies look very nice when captured up close with excellent technique. Well done with the details and the brightly colored cone flower provides some contrast with the butterfly :toast: .................Jim
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 18, 2014 at 11:13 PM
You've got excellent details in both the bf and the cone flower, John. I especially like how the lighting really accents the structure of the wings.
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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 19, 2014 at 2:40 AM
John:

Beautiful image of BF and flower. :toast:
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Comment posted by Yun Gao on August 19, 2014 at 11:51 PM
The detail on the wings is excellent. The flower is also sharp. Pretty butterfly, very well done!
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 22, 2014 at 11:40 AM
Hi Jim :wavey: You made this cabbage butterfly look very beautiful.. delightful detail and color :toast:


Albert Darmo
Canada
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 26, 2014 at 10:04 AM
A great plane of focus with sharp details John.
I agree with Mark, the lighting really shows of those wing veins nicely! :toast:
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