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White Admiral Dew Drop

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted October 27, 2013233 views11 comments

I captured this White Admiral early one morning with a dew drop when we had some heavy dew here in Virginia. It took about a minute to move slowly into position so I would not scare it off.
Canon 5D MKII, 100mm macro @ 100mm, 1/40sec, f/16, iso100, handheld, elbow propped on deck railing. Cropped for composition.
C&C welcome

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11 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 27, 2013 at 12:09 PM

Unique image with the water filled proboscis, wish I owned one like this David

The 'Dew Drop' provides a wonderful focal point with its inverted skyline.
I might remove a speck or two upper right corner to make it better..
Excellent capture!

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Comment posted by David E Lester on October 27, 2013 at 12:54 PM

Thanks Howard, I did not noticed the specs before!!

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on October 27, 2013 at 1:14 PM

MAGNIFICENT!

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Comment posted by David E Lester on October 27, 2013 at 7:40 PM

Thanks Lucy!!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 27, 2013 at 9:23 PM

Amazing capture, David. I don't recall seeing anything like it before.

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Comment posted by David E Lester on October 27, 2013 at 10:30 PM

Thanks Scott..

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on October 27, 2013 at 10:50 PM

Very cool and unique image, David! Nicely done!

Sanjay

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 28, 2013 at 9:34 AM

Great, nice clean close-up look at this bf., David. The drop of dew makes it special. Well captured.

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Comment posted by David E Lester on October 28, 2013 at 4:01 PM

Thanks for the comments!!

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Comment posted by Randy Runtsch on October 31, 2013 at 7:14 PM

David, there is so much to admire about this image: the butterfly, the dew drop, and the subject is in focus. Well done.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 7, 2013 at 9:24 AM

Congrats on a well deserved WP, David.

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