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Sulphur Butterfly
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Sulphur Butterfly

by Norma Tareila Matl

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 21, 20182,177 views2 comments
This is a Pink-edged Sulphur Butterfly that I was happy to come across last week in western Maine. The milkweed was buzzing with activity bees, butterfly and moths. The smell in the air was incredible so strong and sweet. If I were a butterfly this is where I would have been too. 

Nikon D500, 300mm, 1/8000, F5.6, ISO1250, shutter priority, Lens 70-300 F4.5 - 5.6

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on July 22, 2018 at 6:43 PM
Hi Norma,
You have some nice colors presented in your image. The pink edge is very nice.  Drop your Iso down to 400 and shoot with a smaller aperture like f8 to f16.  Use Manual mode to take full control over the exposure. The wings have pretty good detail, but the head has yellows that are blown beneath the eye. You may need to reduce the strength of the highlights in your post processing. Otherwise, a nice look at this sulfur..............................Jim
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 23, 2018 at 8:32 AM
This is a fine, tight view of this Sulphur, Norma.  The dof is great, showing all the bf well.  A touch of burning-in on the "chin" would take care of that small overly bright spot.  I too enjoy the smell from a milkweed patch.  Rather than go to full manual, you could dial in -2/3rd to -1 stop of exposure to avoid that touch of over exposure, but if your starting with a raw file, you can probably reduce the brightest parts somewhat to fix it also.
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