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Butterfly of Pearls

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted December 3, 20076,369 views23 comments

I made this image on Sunday. It is winter here now - early morning light was very beautiful. It is tiny butterfly - sorry not sure of its name.

Image details - Nikon D200, Nikon 105mm f2.8 Micro plus two PK-13 extension tubes, 1/160sec @ f11 @ iso400, little bit of built-in fill flash, close to full frame. If you want to see it big (with better definition of dew drops) it is here.

As always thanks in advance for your views.

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by Balan Vinod on December 3, 2007 at 7:58 AM

Hi Ganesh.. That's Magical......

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Alice Scoggins on December 3, 2007 at 10:55 AM

As usual with your images you have captured some wonderful light.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on December 4, 2007 at 12:04 AM

Ganesh, this is simply beautiful. Wonerful detail, and BG, with just the right amount of fill light. Great job getting the angle to keep all of the butterfly in focus.

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Graham Bailey on December 4, 2007 at 10:03 AM

Excellent

Registered on July 23, 2005, 24 Posts, 133 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Rogers on December 4, 2007 at 11:53 AM

Hello Ganesh. Superbly captured and I love composition, you have used the back-lit with great effect. The fill in flash as worked well on the dew drops, all in all you have captured a beautiful image.

Registered on January 16, 2007, 450 Posts, 995 Comments

Comment posted by David Chauvin on December 4, 2007 at 9:52 PM

Love the lighting and composition.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on December 5, 2007 at 12:05 AM

Wow, really a lovely image Ganesh. Great backlighting effect combined with a perfect amount of fill flash.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Dilley on December 6, 2007 at 4:59 PM

Beautiful, Ganesh.

I'll take a stab at the ID. Looks like a member of the Hairstreak and Blues family, the Lycanidae, a worldwide group. Here's a Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaenidae

-Marc
No, I'm not an Entomologist. I collected bugs when I was a kid.

Registered on November 21, 2007, 57 Posts, 1494 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on December 9, 2007 at 7:49 PM

Hi Ganesh,
Wow, top notch. Very good decision to go with the backlight and fill flash. I really like this one. My only wish would be that you could have got the bottom part of the stem in focus. Minor Nit.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on December 9, 2007 at 10:36 PM

Marc, thanks for the ID help! It was a very small one may be about 1cm in length.

Ronnie, Thanks for your views - I agree with you on DOF. It was very tough being very close to ground - I had to struggle a lot get the right plane. The other image was slightly better I guess from DOF perspective but as you said I prefer this one more for its backlighting and fill flash effects.. To make it more interesting the sun was fast rising early in the morning affecting the back lighting mood, I was in a hurry too!

Thank you all for your views !

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Comment posted by Scott Fricke on December 10, 2007 at 10:08 PM

Fantatic image, the detail throughout is amazing! Congrats on the EP.

Registered on January 19, 2007, 133 Posts, 1448 Comments

Comment posted by Benjamin Glatt on December 10, 2007 at 11:02 PM

Wow! Impressive shot! A well deserved EP!

Registered on July 15, 2007, 171 Posts, 3566 Comments

Comment posted by Danny Green on December 11, 2007 at 6:33 AM

Hello Ganesh

Brilliant Photo, its got your stamp. You do work wonders with light.

Danny

Registered on November 27, 2005, 70 Posts, 313 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on December 11, 2007 at 7:08 AM

Congratulations on your backlit image EP choice. Shows so many details and the water droplets enchance its impact.

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Christine Adams on December 11, 2007 at 8:05 AM

Hi Ganesh!! Wow, is this EVER so nice!! Congrats on the EP!! Outstanding!!!

Registered on January 24, 2006, 119 Posts, 1871 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Cordes on December 31, 2007 at 7:26 PM

Wow! the BF really blends in! The dew drops are magical. Congratulations on the Annual Editor's Pick Award

Registered on November 1, 2003, 451 Posts, 3366 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on January 1, 2008 at 9:23 AM

CONGRATULATIONS on the annual EP award. Amazing image.

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lowe on January 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM

Congrats on the well deserved EP.

Registered on February 11, 2004, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 1, 2008 at 8:35 PM

That is amazingly beautiful. Congrats on the 2007 EP. I wouldn't've wanted to miss this one.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Christine Adams on January 9, 2008 at 8:06 AM

Hey Ganesh!! Well, I see congrats are in order again!! Nicely recognized Annual EP!!! Good for you!

Registered on January 24, 2006, 119 Posts, 1871 Comments

Comment posted by Penny H. Creech on February 14, 2008 at 12:09 AM

I love it! and agree with another poster that it looks like a hairstreak.

Registered on February 14, 2008, 1 Posts, 35 Comments

Comment posted by Nilanjan Das on November 20, 2008 at 7:59 AM

Ohh My God, how did I miss this beauty Ganesh?? :). Simply outstanding details as usual. Congrats !!!!