These were both fun and challenging to photograph. I did like this particular composition, but would like others opinions.
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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on May 29, 2015 at 11:08 AM
Love the colors on this one. Very nice.
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 29, 2015 at 11:27 AM
Jerry, welcome to NPN. Getting 3 skippers on the same grass stalk is quite a catch. I think your comp. works very well. My personal preference would be for a touch more depth-of-field so that the middle skipper's wings were sharp although balancing that with the structure in the background is always a tough choice. What were your camera settings? BTW, these look like either Eurpoean Skippers or Least Skippers, partly depending on where you are.
Yes, I've heard of "Big Timber" assuming you're in Montana...was buying plants at Blake's Nurseries about a month ago.
Both species are shown in your area of Montana. After further thought, I'm thinking European because of how much orange there is in the front wings. For the Least Skipper, the front wings tend to have a thick dark area along the top side of the trailing edge....but that's a pretty subtle distinction and I'm not a butterfly expert.
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Comment posted by Jerry Taylor on May 29, 2015 at 12:02 PM
Thanks Mark. The settings were 1/50, f8, ISO 200. Canon 6D, with Tokina 100mm, f2.8 Macro. I do struggle a bit with the DOF with this lens (just need to practice more). Plus, as you know, these buggers don't sit still too long for a guy like me. Taken north of Big Timber (I thought they were Least, but I'm definitely not a skipper expert)
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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 29, 2015 at 9:48 PM
Very cool capture, Jerry. I am amazed you got three skippers in one image, and all sharp at 1/50. The are all rendered beautifully against he nice bg. Excellent comp and poses. With all due respect to mark, whose opinions I agree with 99.9% of the time, I like the chosen DOF. Stopping down any more would have negatively affected the bg. As noted by Mark, this is always a compromise (absent time and conditions making stacking possible) and, in this case, I think you nailed the dof.
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Comment posted by Yun Gao on May 30, 2015 at 1:21 PM
Hello Jerry, Nice composition. The eye of each skipper is visible. There are both profile view and back view. Wonderful work to have three in a frame. Welcome to NPN.
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 2, 2015 at 7:32 PM
I like the comp as well Jerry, and you just can't beat three for one
Great plane of focus/use of F/8, & the large view detail's excellent.
Welcome to NPN
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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on June 7, 2015 at 3:13 AM
Jerry, thats a beautiful image from a composition perspective, and also fine background. Getting three of them on the same stalk, thats the icing.
Well done and congrats on thw EP !
Balan Vinod
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7 commentsLove the colors on this one. Very nice.
Jerry, welcome to NPN. Getting 3 skippers on the same grass stalk is quite a catch. I think your comp. works very well. My personal preference would be for a touch more depth-of-field so that the middle skipper's wings were sharp although balancing that with the structure in the background is always a tough choice. What were your camera settings? BTW, these look like either Eurpoean Skippers or Least Skippers, partly depending on where you are.
Yes, I've heard of "Big Timber" assuming you're in Montana...was buying plants at Blake's Nurseries about a month ago.
Both species are shown in your area of Montana. After further thought, I'm thinking European because of how much orange there is in the front wings. For the Least Skipper, the front wings tend to have a thick dark area along the top side of the trailing edge....but that's a pretty subtle distinction and I'm not a butterfly expert.
Thanks Mark. The settings were 1/50, f8, ISO 200. Canon 6D, with Tokina 100mm, f2.8 Macro. I do struggle a bit with the DOF with this lens (just need to practice more). Plus, as you know, these buggers don't sit still too long for a guy like me. Taken north of Big Timber (I thought they were Least, but I'm definitely not a skipper expert
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Very cool capture, Jerry. I am amazed you got three skippers in one image, and all sharp at 1/50. The are all rendered beautifully against he nice bg. Excellent comp and poses. With all due respect to mark, whose opinions I agree with 99.9% of the time, I like the chosen DOF. Stopping down any more would have negatively affected the bg. As noted by Mark, this is always a compromise (absent time and conditions making stacking possible) and, in this case, I think you nailed the dof.
Hello Jerry, Nice composition. The eye of each skipper is visible. There are both profile view and back view. Wonderful work to have three in a frame. Welcome to NPN.
I like the comp as well Jerry, and you just can't beat three for one
Great plane of focus/use of F/8, & the large view detail's excellent.
Welcome to NPN
Jerry, thats a beautiful image from a composition perspective, and also fine background. Getting three of them on the same stalk, thats the icing.
Well done and congrats on thw EP !
Balan Vinod