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Swallowtail

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 19, 2013321 views17 comments

A Swallowtail on a butterfly bush. Coneflowers in the bg. Taken at Fellows Riverside Gardens, Youngstown, on 8/17/13 with D600, at 210 (150 macro + tc), f9, iso 1000, 1/1600, HH. Full frame with long ends cropped. Comments, suggestions, and questions welcome.

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17 comments

Comment posted by Balan Vinod on August 19, 2013 at 1:46 PM

Scott I initially thought this is in the photo art gallery ...this is outstanding work ..fantastic colors and light ..well don

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on August 19, 2013 at 7:37 PM

Nice level shot of this beautiful BF. Looks like the focus is spot on the BF and I would guess you could extract a ton of detail from the wing and body. A nice palette of colors with the purple sort of being an unexpected surprise. Looks like its tongue is out and sipping the nectar from the flower. I might reduce the intensity of the yellow/gold in the BG as it tends to steal some of the attention from the butterfly.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 19, 2013 at 8:55 PM

Scott - Just Wonderful. Enough Said.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on August 19, 2013 at 10:33 PM

Excellent, Scott! Brilliantly sharp and beautifully colorful. Well done!

Sanjay

Registered on April 9, 2013, 107 Posts, 725 Comments

Comment posted by Yun Gao on August 19, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Scott, Stunning image of a tough subject, magical colors, very beautiful. Bravo!

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on August 20, 2013 at 10:58 AM

Consummate composition and colouring, Scott, and fine detail and texture in the b/f. Love that yellow bg - no nits from me.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on August 20, 2013 at 12:09 PM

Great pose and excellent detail. Beautiful colors and bg. Very nice!

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on August 20, 2013 at 4:45 PM

Beautiful detail & color, Scott. Particularly good that you got the body against the green - I don't know if it would have been as effective if the BG was entirely yellow.

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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on August 20, 2013 at 9:07 PM

Outstanding image, Scott. Excellent placement of the BG colors relative to the fly, as has already been said. I also like that there is a fair clearance between the flower and the butterfly. Often they seem to be perched lower.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on August 20, 2013 at 9:49 PM

Exquisite, stunning and mesmerizing. The butterfly and the BG really work well together. Can't find anything wrong with any of it but if I had to come up with something it would probably the OOF flower perch. But that is so minor I hesitate to even mention it. Great job!

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on August 21, 2013 at 4:20 AM

Wonderful shot, Scott. The colours of the subject, the perch and the BG are great!
D&L

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 22, 2013 at 6:21 PM

Hi Scott

Breathtaking in every aspect

color and detail to die for

p.s . glad to see you shooting at 1000
Albert Darmo

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on August 22, 2013 at 7:11 PM

Great colors with the bg, flower and swallowtail. I love the profile with body detail. I seem to always get them from above.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 24, 2013 at 12:26 PM

Great job of color coordinating with the background, Scott. The BF is poke-in-the-eye sharp.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 26, 2013 at 12:50 AM

Scott: Spiked and broke my

-meter!!! Spectacular perch, BG and butterfly. >=))>

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on September 3, 2013 at 3:22 PM

Wonderful image of this creature. BG could be toned down, but it is still very strong and exciting.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 23, 2014 at 11:43 AM

Pristine specimen Scott, nice!
Excellent detail, colors, and the BG is just my cup of tea

Well done

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