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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted April 30, 2011299 views18 comments

Just to inaugurate the new D300s an image of two small butterflies (Melitaea sp- not sure about the exact species) on an ear- Taken on late afternoon.
Slightly cropped, noise reduction and selective sharpening.
Nikon D300s; Nikkor 300mm F4; ISO 500; F7,1; 1/50; -0,33 EV; added flash (-2); tripod
Any comment is welcome, Fabio

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 30, 2011 at 11:01 PM

Terrific image. The patterns in the two butterflies are great and their color matches the orange seeds in the grass.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Mclean on May 1, 2011 at 7:33 AM

Lovely attractive shot with the colours blending well together.Nice diagonal and super background.
A smaller aperture would have helped to sharpen up the top wing of the l/h butterfly.

Phil.

Registered on March 16, 2010, 30 Posts, 153 Comments

Comment posted by Barrie Courtenay on May 1, 2011 at 9:38 AM

Beauty Fabio,the flash must have been perfect setting as no hint of flash.........brilliant

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Comment posted by mark cillo on May 1, 2011 at 12:46 PM

A winner for sure! This one has awesome detail, BG and the the inclusion of two BFs in sharp focus puts this one over the top

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on May 1, 2011 at 4:46 PM

Great capture, Fabio. Beautiful colors in the BFs and background, excellent detail and comp. A beauty.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on May 1, 2011 at 6:47 PM

This is really fabulous, an over the top "Artistically composed" image. The colors are exquisite. Well done Fabio!

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on May 1, 2011 at 8:04 PM

Excellent image Fabio

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 2, 2011 at 3:04 AM

Exquisite!!
Wonderful colours, poses, detail, and BG. Like the framing, too!

Love how the orange specks in the grass echo the colours of the butterflies.
I might suggest cropping higher - about 1/4 of the lower stem - the stem seems a little long, and makes the image unbalanced.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Kedar Bhat on May 2, 2011 at 6:21 AM

superb composition and right amount of flash !

Registered on April 7, 2008, 77 Posts, 357 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on May 3, 2011 at 4:22 PM

Wonderful shot, Fabio. Great colours and perfect post-processing.

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on May 3, 2011 at 7:12 PM

Fabio this is just fantastic !

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Comment posted by Varina Patel on May 4, 2011 at 6:45 AM

Don't change anything. This is absolutely perfect. I love the balanced composition, and the wonderful colors. The butterflies seem almost to be reflections of one another. The details appear to be perfectly sharp, too. The simplicity of the image makes it that much more effective. Gorgeous work, Fabio. Well done.

Registered on August 22, 2008, 45 Posts, 1578 Comments

Comment posted by Jay Patel on May 4, 2011 at 6:49 AM

Color and sharpness in this image are excellent. The background is blurred so that it is not distracting. Very well done.

Registered on August 28, 2008, 87 Posts, 566 Comments

Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on May 4, 2011 at 3:37 PM

Absolute stunner !
Neatly composed frame with smooth, clean bokeh. And apt DOF to top it off.
Kudos !

Registered on January 4, 2008, 98 Posts, 1403 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 6, 2011 at 8:29 AM

I like the smooth green bokeh, great details & colors Fabio. Excellent use of flash, hard to tell.
A most pleasing image, and two for one!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 7, 2011 at 7:53 PM

Awsome dof and detail Fabio

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Comment posted by John Robinson on May 9, 2011 at 6:20 PM

Great stuff indeed !!
JohnR

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Comment posted by Mitch Moraski on May 10, 2011 at 12:43 PM

Fabulous Fabio!! I'm so drawn to this type of imagery!!

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