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by Richard Teller

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 26, 201091 views4 comments
This is another image from my visit to the Butterfly Conservatory at Key West, FL. I had a lot of fun the couple of hours I spent there.

Canon 30D
Sigma 70-300
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/250
Aperture 8
ISO 200
263mm
Flash
Cropped to 75%
Some adjustments in Photoshop Elements

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Wayne Jones on September 26, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Nice detail. You probably could have stopped down a lot more using flash like this, but the soft focus on the wing tips works well to de-emphasize their tattered condition.

Is this one of the Asian Great Orange Tips? If so, I imagine this place must be well-enclosed to keep the foreign critters from escaping into our environment.
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Comment posted by Sally King on September 26, 2010 at 10:29 PM
I like the combo of those orange tips and the pale pink flowers. Nice details.
Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 28, 2010 at 12:20 AM
Richard:
Agree with Wayne about ID - Great orange tip. Like the contrast of the colors of the bf and the perch.
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Moats on September 28, 2010 at 6:51 AM
Hey Richard, nice details and colors.

To all our macro contribitors, our image comments have been up lately, and I would like to thank all those who have been taking the time to comment on images. Thanks and keep em coming
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