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Post by rasbury on Oct 2, 2011 18:50:03 GMT
Another tip to the Butterfly Exhibit on this nice and cool weekend to take more Butterfly pics.Have others to process but will start with this one.I'm working on a collage of butterflies to give to my sister-in-law for the holidays coming in December as she loves butterflies.
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Post by jiro on Oct 2, 2011 18:55:44 GMT
The way you are processing your images, Ron is really getting better. I think you have now had a "feel" on what works best with your images. I like the way you preserve the "naturalness" with the texture of the butterfly wings here. Keep up the good work.
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Post by rasbury on Oct 2, 2011 18:59:04 GMT
Thanks Willie.Have been enjoying myself these past few weekend out with the camera.Hope to get more.
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Post by Kit on Oct 3, 2011 0:26:32 GMT
Ron, I really like this on a number of levels. The contrast between the white/cream colour of the insect and the beautiful rich colour of his background is lovely. You have "posed" him well too and I do like the fact that you have given us a less than perfect specimen with his raggedy wings, that shows us he must be getting near the end of his lifetime. And he is so focussed and sharp that you can see the details of his face, right down to his curly little tongue. A real keeper.
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Post by markc on Oct 3, 2011 12:22:15 GMT
It really is quite beautiful. Those little designs on the wings are interesting. I have been considering a trip to the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster and you may have convinced me.
Is this done with existing lighting or do these places allow you to use a flash? I would imagine not.
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Post by rasbury on Oct 3, 2011 16:32:13 GMT
Thanks for the comment Mark.I think you will enjoy trying to take photo's of butterflies at an exhibit as they are there in abundance.Still not an easy task as they move quite frequently.As far as using flash,some of mine were taken with my on camera flash but have seen others using hot shoe mounted flashes.Looking forward to seeing some butterfly images from you.
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Post by katynoelle on Oct 3, 2011 17:03:38 GMT
I like the papery, fragile look of the wings - very beautiful and I like the cool light and the greenish tones in the overall image. Nice!
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Post by maryloveslucydog on Oct 3, 2011 17:07:05 GMT
Nice image. The detail is great... you can see the tattered wings. I love the all the tones in the greens.
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Post by robmarshall on Oct 3, 2011 17:23:19 GMT
Very good, Ron. As Jiro said it has preserved a quite natural look. You can post your images to a larger size. Yours is 500x400, which is quite small for viewing in the lightbox, especially for detail. Try double that size?
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Post by frankie on Oct 4, 2011 5:20:52 GMT
I'm assuming that if you are creating a collage of butterflies, that you will want to know the identities of said butterflies. This is a White Morpho (Morpho laertes) found in southeastern Brazil. If I can be of any help with IDs - please let me know. And if I've overstepped - my apologies.
I like this capture. The only suggestion I have is to maybe try shooting from an angle and not quite dead on. Since the wings are tattered (a sign of age in butterflies), shooting from an angle may reduce that appearance.
MarkC - I volunteer at the Butterfly Pavilion here in Washington, DC and we allow flash. Be wary though - most indoor pavilions' lighting is horrendous. I'm always having to adjust white balance in PP because of our lighting. And there are always hot spots.
frankie
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Post by markc on Oct 4, 2011 12:22:07 GMT
MarkC - I volunteer at the Butterfly Pavilion here in Washington, DC and we allow flash. Be wary though - most indoor pavilions' lighting is horrendous. I'm always having to adjust white balance in PP because of our lighting. And there are always hot spots. frankie Thanks for the heads up.
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