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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 16, 201074 views7 comments

After a couple of stressful months off I'm really happy to be back to my camera and to be posting some images again. While spending some time in Northern Alberta recently, I just happened to be out taking some practice shots with my macro lens, (getting somewhat reaquainted again)when this little fellow just flew into the shot and sat there for a couple of mins. I thought it was worth a share. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and take a look.

As always your thoughts and comments are welcome and appreciated.

Nikon D5000
f/5.6 @ 1/160 sec
ISO-200
Sigma 180mm macro lens
Manfrotto tripod

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on July 16, 2010 at 6:34 AM

Really neat find. Nice job and welcome back.

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Comment posted by William Brozy on July 16, 2010 at 8:12 AM

A cute little crescent i don't recall seeing - are the blacks a bit dark? It's great to be out (esp. shooting macro)...and enjoy

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 16, 2010 at 9:06 AM

A nice contrast between the flower and the butterfly

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 16, 2010 at 5:38 PM

Really nice, Mark

. If anything lift the shadows up a bit to show some details in the blacks.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 16, 2010 at 9:26 PM

Mark:
Good capture of this colorful BF. As Ram suggested, lighten up the back of the BF would show the details more.

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on July 17, 2010 at 1:28 AM

Lovely patterns and colour on the wings. Might open up the shadows on the thorax and abdomen a bit.

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Comment posted by Mark Shephard on July 18, 2010 at 6:11 PM

Thanks for the comments all....especially regarding the "lighten up the shadows" info. This helps me greatly and thanks very much.

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