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Common Blue

by Sandy Steinman

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 21, 2010111 views6 comments
Common Blue photographed on 5/30/10 in Eastern Turkey
Canon 30D
1/200sec at f/11
iso 400
28 to 300mm set at 209mm
Aperture Priority
Partial Metering (similar to spot but uses larger central area)

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 21, 2010 at 11:04 PM
Sandy:
Lovely blue BF, nicely captured. Like the diagonal placement and the clean bg. Good details on the bf. :toast:
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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on September 22, 2010 at 1:40 AM
Lovely Image of a rather small & hard to photograph subject :toast:
Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 22, 2010 at 3:19 AM
Nice - perfect DOF, nice diagonal pose, and great BG.
Sandy r
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Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 22, 2010 at 11:37 AM
The blue of the butterfly is set off nicely by the green background. Nice image.
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Comment posted by Mike Moats on September 23, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Hey Sandy, very nice details, colors, and BG. Well done. :toast:
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Comment posted by Sam Rua on October 3, 2010 at 3:48 PM
Nice comp and capture, Sandy. :smile:
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