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Pearl Bordered Fritillaries

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Posted by David J Slater on May 16, 2006 at 2:33 PM
It's a cliche I know, but I thought Pearl Bordered Frits on bluebells never actually happened in the wild. Taken today in an annoying slight breeze and overcast light. Comments welcome.

EOS5D, 400ASA, Sigma 105mm at F8, Fill-In flash at -3ev, Unmanipulated but Cropped tightly to suit the tastes of most here. Haugh Wood, Herefordshire.
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 16, 2006 at 3:02 PM
Wow, these are lovely butterflies and with a bluebell on top. I like the close crop as the need to see detail demands that but feel more depth of field is required. Web images should be processed in sRGB rather than adobe colour space, I opened it in photoshop and saw the wonderful colour.
Great to see them.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by Malcolm Muir on May 16, 2006 at 3:07 PM
Damn nice cliche David. Beautifully copmposed, great colours and near perfect plane of focus. I like the crop.

Cheers

Malcolm
Posted by Sean Bolton on May 16, 2006 at 4:46 PM
Hi David

A very attractive image, good background colours to compliment the bluebells and the butterflies. Good sharpness on both insects too which is tricky to achieve so well done on that point.

I like it :toast:

cheers

Sean
Posted by John Varley on May 16, 2006 at 4:53 PM
Very very nice David, as Tim says does look even better when brought into PS.

Was on Arnside Knot (North Lancs) last Friday looking for them but very few about and not cooperative.

John
Posted by PhilH on May 16, 2006 at 5:18 PM
Nicely done, a shade more DoF perhaps and a bit tight for me :biggrin: but a super image and the crop is ideal for web presentation.

:toast:
Posted by David Taylor on May 16, 2006 at 6:07 PM
Beautiful butterflies and genuine English bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta. A perfect
combination. There is an online bluebell survey at www.nhm.ac.uk/index.html if anyone is interested.
:smile:
Posted by Paul Schröder on May 17, 2006 at 1:41 AM
A wonderful clear and sharp picture. I like the crop but like others think more DoF would make this an even bettter picture.

Paul :toast:

NL/Rotterdam
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 17, 2006 at 3:15 AM
Wonderful image,Nice to see 2 together,a touch more DOF would have allowed the heads to be sharp but still a lovely image and nice to see :toast:
Posted by Colin Jakes on May 17, 2006 at 9:07 AM
Despite the dof point already made, this is still a terrific shot .

Colin
Posted by David J Slater on May 17, 2006 at 10:16 AM
Thanks for your comments everyone. I keep reading comments about sRGB vs AdobeRGB. Don't understand the difference except that Adobe is slightly more saturated (?) than sRGB. Is there something more fundamental I should know about?

I have other shots from the same day on my website if anyone is interested (Butterlfly Gallery), including the full frame of this one.

Dave,
Forest of Dean, UK
Posted by Elliott Neep on May 17, 2006 at 1:30 PM
What beautiful butterflies. Have never seen these in the wild, but will surely look for them now. I think this is a cracker, it all works for me. :toast: Was this shot in early a.m.?
Posted by John MacTavish on May 17, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Lovely colours.
I'd be really picky by moaning about the OOF bloom on the lower lhs and in an ideal world there would be seperation between the two subjects' wings.

DOF could be deeper, but overall it's pleasing

John
Posted by Danny Green on May 21, 2006 at 7:05 AM
Hello Dave

A beaut! Lovely colours. Dave you have sold out :wink:

Dan
Posted by Dennis Alden on May 21, 2006 at 10:13 AM
Wow - a cracker of a shot. Never seen this species but I know what I have to aim for when I do!

:toast:

dennis