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Butterfly in Simulated Evening Light
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Butterfly in Simulated Evening Light

by Ganesh H Shankar

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted January 16, 20081,465 views11 comments
Nikon 105mm f2.8, f14 @ 1/25s, close to full frame.

Made this image late in the evening - there was no direct sunlight. The light is combination of ambient light, built-in flash plus a flash light with warm white balance to create spot-backlit effect. If you interested you can read more about my flash light experiements here and larger version of the same image is here.

As always thanks for your views !

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Guy Rogers on January 17, 2008 at 4:08 AM
Hello Ganesh.
I like this very much. I like your other two dark closeup shots you posted, but this one realy jumps out for me.
Thanks for the link I am very intrested how you created this one.
Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful. :wavey: :wavey:
Registered on January 16, 2007, 450 Posts, 995 Comments
Comment posted by Jos De Braekeleer on January 17, 2008 at 6:00 AM
A jewel ... golden mysterious jewel ! Great technique ! :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 455 Posts, 1648 Comments
Comment posted by bruce berman on January 17, 2008 at 6:27 AM
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Comment posted by bruce berman on January 17, 2008 at 6:28 AM
nice image and a very interesting webpage, I look forward to experimenting with the various flashlights in the house
Registered on March 4, 2007, 85 Posts, 52 Comments
Comment posted by Etienne Corten on January 18, 2008 at 12:46 PM
suberb!!! , very beautiful, great light, LOVE it :toast:
Registered on December 10, 2007, 86 Posts, 1158 Comments
Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on January 21, 2008 at 10:09 PM
This is fantastic, Ganesh.... and congratulations on the EP. I've been also experimenting using my focus light made for underwater use. It mounts to the hot foot on the camera and produces a diffuse light at 6500k. Here's an article for some more info:

http://www.backscatter.com/learn/article/article.php?ID=5

Now I'm going outside with my flashlight to look for insects. Thanks for the inspiration. :toast: :toast:
Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments
Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on January 22, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Charlie, Thanks a bunch for your wonderful link !! wealth of information there in your article. Interestingly for non-underwater macro work low cost LED torch lights works just fine. Good luck for your insect photography :wavey:
Registered on March 1, 2004, 324 Posts, 1867 Comments
Comment posted by Barry R. Byrd on January 22, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Very powerful image Ganesh- thanks for the info on technique :toast:
Registered on December 20, 2005, 136 Posts, 970 Comments
Comment posted by David W. Kelly on January 23, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Beautiful. :toast: :toast: :toast:
Registered on October 7, 2005, 883 Posts, 6590 Comments
Comment posted by Brian Monk on February 3, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Ganesh -

Great shot, but a better tutorial on the technique. I can't wait to try it on flowers!
Registered on June 22, 2006, 109 Posts, 452 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Harrington on February 4, 2008 at 12:58 AM
Excellent technique to capture the details with the backlightig. Nice job. Somehow I feel that the stem rising from the center of the bottom edge makes the image a bit static but I don't know if cropping the right side and top a bit would help. However, I doubt I could never repeat what you've done so great work, I look forward to seeing more of your macro work. Right lenses too, these older 105's are so sharp...
Registered on January 26, 2008, 40 Posts, 84 Comments