Butterfly on Sedum

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted October 29, 20034,714 views8 comments

This is my first post in Macro and I hope that my subject is correctly placed!

D60, 300mm, 1/80 F/11 -2/3 Tripod
Raw, Capt 1, PS

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Jim Erhardt on October 29, 2003 at 6:41 PM

Paula, this is <i>gorgeous</i>! Yes, the macro/close-up gallery was the correct choice. I am interested in how you achieved the lighting effect, almost like a spotlight on the butterfly - was this natural or a post-shutter technique?

Well done, thanks for posting it!

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Comment posted by Mark Graf on October 29, 2003 at 6:57 PM

I agree with Jim - gorgeous shot. This has great harmony in the quality of light and composition. A very enjoyable image to look at.

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Comment posted by Michael Bates on October 29, 2003 at 7:40 PM

This is SWEET, Paula!!! The Macro Gallery was the correct choice here :) Beautiful spotlight effect and a very pleasing composition with a tack sharp subject!

Michael

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Comment posted by Matt Hoberg on October 29, 2003 at 9:32 PM

Best butterfly shot I've seen- period. The light here is perfect, and the techs are spot on. Comp isn't conventional but I love it. Wow!
Matt

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Comment posted by Eric Isley on October 29, 2003 at 10:04 PM

Welcome to the NPN macro area, and this is a wonderful image of the painted lady butterfly here on this plant, very pleasing composition and wonderful lighting here also.

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Comment posted by Mark Plonsky on October 30, 2003 at 9:00 PM

The lighting makes this one a pleasure to view. Welcome to the macro gallery.

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Comment posted by F Timothy Kingst on November 2, 2003 at 4:10 PM

I was going to comment on this the first time I saw it . . . it's just beautiful, I love it. It doesn't matter to me how you got the spotlight effect, the point is , you got it and it works big time.

The soft mood is what gets me. Wonderful image.

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Comment posted by Matt Hoberg on November 4, 2003 at 4:51 PM

So is the spotlight effect natural or did you do it in PS? Just curious, it's very nice.
Matt

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