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Bit of blue

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Posted by Shaun Simpson on July 25, 2010 at 8:51 AM
Bit of blue
Hi all :wavey:
Image of a chalkhill blue here taken friday evening in a brief window of calm, been after these for a couple of weeks now but their local habitat is in one of the windiest places round here, anyway there was an our window on friday evening when the wind dropped to nothing so got ot nd got this.:biggrin:
This is a 9 shot stack in CZM, usual set up of d300, 105mm macro 1/30th@f5.6, tripod mle. remote
All comments and critique welcome :biggrin: :smile:
Posted by Graham Goddard on July 25, 2010 at 9:17 AM
Quite beautiful Shaun - bags of detail, clean BG and you've not overcooked the blues. No nits from me :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on July 25, 2010 at 11:28 AM
Cracking subject and great stacking technique - nice shot.
The only minor nit might be that this version could be a touch over-sharpened - no big deal to rectify though.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Maggie Campbell on July 25, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Lovely detail Shaun and good BG. You have a dust bunny though about 3 ins up from bottom right corner:smile: :wink:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 25, 2010 at 12:07 PM
I like the composition, the perch and the lovely muted background. Like Chris I too thought it oversharpened at first but having looked at it for a while longer I think it's just the lighting on that electric blue wings that makes it look that way as it seems to look ok elsewhere. Nice one.
Posted by Paul King on July 25, 2010 at 1:11 PM
it all works in this Shaun really nice. :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on July 25, 2010 at 2:04 PM
A classic image expertly taken.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 26, 2010 at 2:13 AM
Beautiful and well composed image. Well done. :wavey:
Posted by Calum Dickson on July 26, 2010 at 4:23 AM
No nits for me, it's a beauty

:toast:

Calum
Posted by Karen Summers on July 26, 2010 at 5:32 AM
beautiful shot
Posted by Cliff Young on July 26, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Nice shot, nits covered. :smile:
Posted by Andy Astbury on July 26, 2010 at 3:49 PM
Compare this with your Burnetts from a few weeks back - you've come on in leaps and bounds Shaun :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 28, 2010 at 4:18 PM
Looks nice.

Ian