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Crescentspot on Wildflower
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Crescentspot on Wildflower

by David Chauvin

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted May 21, 20061,613 views7 comments
Being out before the sunrise sometimes pays off with finding butterflies on their night time perches. These tiny wildflowers grow low to the ground so the tripod was splayed flat. This also let the sunrise come right over my shoulder to light the bf.

20D, 300f4 w/ext tubes, 1/15 sec, f11, tripod, MLU, cable release, early morning light

David
Laplace, LA

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Bill Garber on May 21, 2006 at 7:06 AM
Very Nice!
:toast:
Looks like a Pearl Crescent Spot to me.
Registered on November 17, 2003, 704 Posts, 3535 Comments
Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 21, 2006 at 9:14 AM
David..Absolutely gorgeous :toast:

One implied diagonal formed by the flower and one more formed by the butterfly's position.

Regards
Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments
Comment posted by Thomas Hornum Jens on May 21, 2006 at 6:43 PM
I love these early morning shots! Isn`t they hard to spot?
Registered on March 22, 2006, 13 Posts, 70 Comments
Comment posted by David Clapp on May 21, 2006 at 7:06 PM
Fantastic shot, very unusual to see this! :smile: :smile:
Registered on November 28, 2005, 137 Posts, 441 Comments
Comment posted by Jude Haase on May 22, 2006 at 8:19 PM
Very very nice David!!! :biggrin: Sooner or later I'm going to find you in that spillway!!! :wink: :jump: :toast:
Registered on April 3, 2006, 236 Posts, 1657 Comments
Comment posted by William Brozy on May 23, 2006 at 7:30 AM
David - this is a crescent as Bill mentioned. The coloration differences from the one I posted is crazy - but as the seasons progress they seem to gradually warm up as well. With you being a bit further south that is occurring now. Very nice and an early congrats :wink:
Registered on November 9, 2003, 559 Posts, 2929 Comments
Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on May 28, 2006 at 5:51 AM
Beautiful. Much better than the previous post :toast:
Registered on March 1, 2004, 324 Posts, 1867 Comments