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Brimstone

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Posted by Paul King on May 18, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Brimstone
Finally managed to catch up with one of these brilliant.


D300 600mm f4
iso200 1/650th f16
Posted by Mark Davies on May 19, 2010 at 4:40 AM
Hi Paul , the lighting direction hasn't really allowed the full brilliance of the wings to be shown with it putting the viewing side in slight shadow . I commend you for getting one of these feeding, I only ever see them on the wing . OOF grass stalk and crop ...not too sure on .A great capture all the same on a 600mm.
Posted by Matt Cole on May 19, 2010 at 4:41 AM
you've done better than I ever have with this species Paul. An obvious nit would be the stem in front of the flower and is the eye pin sharp? Those point aside, it's a nice shot of a very attractive butterfly.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Ian Butler on May 19, 2010 at 9:26 AM
Im not sure about this one Paul. The behaviour is present, but I feel if you were the other side of the Brimstone it would have been a much better picture with the light. Like Matt says, I dont think the head is crystal either which is critical with these images. All that said, I still havent got a picture of one so thats one up on me! :toast: :toast:
Posted by Dale Sutton on May 19, 2010 at 10:23 AM
Im not going to dwell on The staik Paul but I cant help thinking that the Brimstone colour is compeating with the Dandy!

Dale
Posted by David Taylor on May 20, 2010 at 4:25 PM
A bright and cheerful image.

:toast: :toast: :jump: