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Sitting Pretty

by Bill Fach

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted March 10, 2013236 views9 comments
Sony A77
Minolta 200mm macro
ISO 400, 1/200 @ f5.6
Cockrell Butterfly Center, Houston Museum of Natural Sciences

Took my son, daughter in law and their six little kids to the butterfly center Friday. I didn't really expect to do any shooting with all the little people skittering about but I did get a few shots of this Red Lacewing. The center does allow monopods but I left it at home. (Could have used it for crowd control. :wink:) Shot most of the days images on burst mode and at 12 frames per second I managed to get a few keepers. The technology built into this camera boggles my mind. A good time was had by all and this little guy was certainly not camera shy. All comments welcome.>=))>

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Jess Williams on March 10, 2013 at 8:29 PM
Stunning. The detail in the larger view is just gorgeous!
Registered on February 15, 2013, 17 Posts, 53 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on March 10, 2013 at 9:03 PM
Well done, Bill. Excellent capture of the spectacular wings of the butterfly against the nice clean bg. :toast:
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on March 11, 2013 at 4:25 AM
Bill:

A fabulous BF image. Love the tack sharp details and the pretty colors. :toast:
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Roberto Facchini on March 11, 2013 at 1:57 PM
Beautiful image. The colors and detail are superb.
Registered on November 15, 2012, 35 Posts, 202 Comments
Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on March 12, 2013 at 6:50 PM
Wonderful colors and such clarity. Amazing that you could get this at all with all the people and hand held. Just beautiful.
Registered on November 11, 2011, 404 Posts, 1639 Comments
Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on March 14, 2013 at 1:51 PM
Very crisp and clean capture of this butterfly, Bill. . .the sharpness is fantastic! Love the designs and colors in this beautiful butterfly. Sounds like a fun outing with the grandkids. . .though you were probably exhausted at days' end. :wink:
Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 14, 2013 at 6:57 PM
That's one spectacular butterfly. What an array of colors and lines. Interestingly, the 720 px view seems oversharpened, but that's gone from the larger view.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 14, 2013 at 8:01 PM
Nicely done Bill, lovely colors & patterns in this beauty..
Sounds like you did an outstanding job considering you left your monopod at home..
I can see where it would come in handy for the 'crowd control' thing.
Very funny BTW :wink:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 14, 2013 at 11:06 PM
Hi Bill :wavey: Exceptional detail, and color on this excellent presentation :toast:
Albert Darmo
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments