‹ Previous Macro & Close-up Gallery Next ›

Silver Spotted Skipper

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 15, 20041,865 views10 comments

I find these butterflies always hard to shoot. Seems like they want to stay inside the bush where its hard to isolate them against a decent bg. Usually when I do get a shot the whitish colored spot gets burned out.
Canon 1D II
Canon 300/4 + 36mm ext tube.
1/500 @ f11 400iso -1ev

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Skip Layman on July 15, 2004 at 7:47 AM

You didn't mention that they are also very lively and skittish! You did a very nice job on this one. My only nit might be the dead flowers LR and under the BF. I still would like to call this one mine.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 558 Posts, 1704 Comments

Comment posted by David Gottlieb on July 15, 2004 at 7:50 AM

You got it right this time!.Excellent shot Randy

Registered on November 1, 2003, 436 Posts, 1790 Comments

Comment posted by William Brozy on July 15, 2004 at 9:25 AM

Love the forelegs balanced gently on the flower Randy. This is solid all around - nice work!!!

Registered on November 9, 2003, 559 Posts, 2929 Comments

Comment posted by Terri Norris on July 15, 2004 at 11:11 AM

Fantastic job on the exposure, Randy! The background is clean and the image is tack sharp...no nits from me!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 395 Posts, 2402 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Graf on July 15, 2004 at 12:14 PM

Very nice shot. I think it also works well as a vertical.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 39 Posts, 542 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on July 16, 2004 at 12:53 AM

Randy,

Extremely sharp with a nice nondistracting background. I find the light and shadows look unusual. Was the original taken with the butterfly feeding upside down and you just flipped the image?

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Randy Harrison on July 16, 2004 at 7:41 AM

Thanks Ronnie,
I guess I didn't pay attention to the shadows. It was shot vertically and rotated. I have posted vertical shots in the past like that and some would always say it looks better rotated so I just rotated this one.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 468 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by Tam Stuart on July 16, 2004 at 9:46 AM

I like the isolation on the bf and its proboscis probing down into the flossom. Nicely done.

Registered on November 17, 2003, 113 Posts, 1600 Comments

Comment posted by Maureen McKovich on July 16, 2004 at 8:42 PM

This is just stunning, Randy.

Registered on November 9, 2003, 221 Posts, 1628 Comments

Comment posted by Dolores Neilson on July 19, 2004 at 5:33 AM

I know what you mean about the difficulty isolating them against a noncompeting background! You did terrific here! Those eyes are so very sharp and well defined! And the composition is perfect!

Registered on December 30, 2003, 4 Posts, 67 Comments