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Orange Tip, female

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13 replies
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 7, 2006 at 6:09 AM
Hi,
Found one these that settled for a change. In a rush so will update later.

Cheers now

Tim
Posted by Justin on June 7, 2006 at 6:25 AM
A stunning shot Tim.
Your image is proving a good inspiration to attempt some butterfly photography this year.
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 7, 2006 at 7:15 AM
The background compliments the greens in the wings-pin sharp of course :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on June 7, 2006 at 12:08 PM
Great shot Tim,been doing macro all afternoon,lots of dragons around now but not many butterflies around this neck of the woods.

Barrie
Posted by Philip Kirkham on June 7, 2006 at 12:13 PM
Hello Tim
Another cracker!
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on June 7, 2006 at 12:21 PM
Hi Tim
an absolutely cracking shot. I like everything about it.
John
Aberdeen :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Chris Miles on June 7, 2006 at 3:18 PM
Very nice shot Tim, exposure handled well, nice amount of detail,lovely.

Chris. :toast:
Posted by Sean Bolton on June 7, 2006 at 6:25 PM
Hi Tim

An absolute cracker. :toast: :toast:

colours, light, sharpness, all superb.

cheers

Sean

p.s. please post techie details so us macro newbies can find out how it's done.
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 8, 2006 at 2:51 AM
Hi Sean,
Techie details are a 300mm lens with 36mm extension and a flash, DOF was F/7.1 or F/8, the setup was handhled which wasn't my want but I had left my monopod at home, shutter speed was determined by aperture proirity, I had upped the ISO to 200 to increase the speed as I was handholding.
I have just brought a flash lead so looking forward to getting shots with more realism and detail, theory goes.

Cheers

Tim
Posted by Sean Bolton on June 8, 2006 at 4:28 AM
Thanks for the info Tim

Interesting (and effective) use of flash, I was considering using some off camera flash myself for this type of shot when the natural light is not enough to light the subject sufficiently.

cheers

Sean
Posted by Vincent Jones on June 8, 2006 at 5:07 AM
:eek: WOW :eek: say no more :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by PhilH on June 8, 2006 at 10:03 AM
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Andrew Forsyth on June 8, 2006 at 2:28 PM
Good strong shot all round, but for me the oof grass-seed heads on the rhs are such a shame - close to perfection with, all the way there without.

Get busy with the scissors and get the butterfly back again :wink:

A
Posted by Jeremy on June 8, 2006 at 7:18 PM
Superb shot, with good technique. Didn`t notice the OOF stems until Andrew pointed them out! A wonderful image, all the same.