by Jim Erhardt
This photo was taken in 2009 at the Butterfly Place in Westford, MA. Jim Deasy organized a group of NPN members to visit and it is a great place to capture photos of these beautiful insects! This remains one of my better macro shots and since it wasn't in my personal gallery, I thought I would post it again and save it to my gallery.
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10 commentsLovely BF, Jim! All the important stuff is in great detail and good focus.
Hi Jim,
This is very nice. At f2.8, you were lined up perfectly. The details of the eye, body, and wings are excellent
..........Jim
Jim, the facility opened early for the NPN group and it was cool inside so the butterflies were not active. I had taken this shot at several different angles and apertures and liked this one the best. Because they were rather motionless, it allowed me to finely tune my tripod placement to get everything lined up.
BTW, this is all natural light - the structure has a translucent roof which produces ideal light for photography.
Beauty, JIm. Well composed for the pretty BF and the flowers. The image has nice color and an appealing softness except for the BF's head, forewing, and body, which are good and sharp.
Excellent plane of focus management and detail in the butterfly. I also like the diagonal composition. I am jealous of your shooting conditions. Beautiful butterfly image!
Jim ..thats a fine butterfly with a lot of detail..nice work
Balan Vinod
Thanks to all for taking the time to comment!
Hi Jim
I too would be happy to post a fine image like this in macro The details and colors are exemplary
Albert Darmo
Canada
The large view looks very nice Jim, great details across the wings.
Amazing DOF @ F/2.8, it has created a nice soft BG.. Butterfly houses are tough.
Flower perch, colors, and comp R excellent
Albert and Howard, thanks! I have some other shots from this outing I will post this weekend, though this one IMO was my the best of the day.