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Pair of Common Blue Butterflies

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Posted by Guy Rogers on September 16, 2009 at 3:56 AM
Pair of Common Blue Butterflies
Canon 50D, Sigma 180mm, f13, iso 100, 1.100, tripod.
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on September 16, 2009 at 4:00 AM
This is a beautiful shot. Nicely balanced composition, sharp and lovely warm colours. :smile:
Posted by Tim Munsey on September 16, 2009 at 4:49 AM
Perfectly executed. A sight I've yet to see.

Nice one

Tim
Posted by Craig Jones on September 16, 2009 at 5:03 AM
Looks great with the two,beautiful colours and BG Guy,lovely image :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Peter Edge on September 16, 2009 at 5:07 AM
Great control of depth of field. You did extremely well to align them like that. Lovely shot,
Pete
Posted by Drew Mellowship on September 16, 2009 at 6:15 AM
Excellent shot, great light and even better detail, well done.

Drew :smile:
Posted by Marcus Conway on September 16, 2009 at 7:48 AM
Absolutely fantastic colours and details :toast:
Posted by Chris Johnstone on September 16, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Agree with Marcus, the details are just equisite.

Chris
Posted by Mark Davies on September 16, 2009 at 9:34 AM
You've produced some really nice stuff lately , this is no exception a super image.Me thinks John's jelly fish is in for a battering.LOL
Posted by Matt Cole on September 16, 2009 at 10:11 AM
another beauty Guy, the light is very nice indeed and perfect control of DOF. Do you use a reflector on shots like this?

Matt :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on September 16, 2009 at 1:17 PM
The DOF is terrific and I like the perch. Nice BG too. :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on September 16, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Hello Matt.

Thanks for your comment and every body else.

Yes I will usally use reflectors when taking images were the light is stronger on the other side of the subject. But I did not have a reflector on me for this shot. So I kept a very close eye on the highlight alert on the back screen and pushed the exsposure to where the whites were just starting to blow out. I have found I can then usally bring the whites back in Raw when processing.



:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by eric weight on September 16, 2009 at 3:28 PM
That really is fine work Guy. Spot on.
:toast: Eric
Posted by Danny Green on September 16, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Cracking shot :toast: :toast:
Posted by Jeff Harrison on September 20, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Simply superb in every respect :toast: