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Post by mandy on Oct 5, 2011 15:32:41 GMT
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Post by jiro on Oct 5, 2011 15:52:36 GMT
Very nice! I love the dynamic look of #1, Mandy. I also love how you captured the subtle hues on the front and back sides of the butterfly wings. How close were you on #2? That was awesome! I was hoping for those crispy details on the hairs but maybe it has something to do with the camera you used. #3 is great. One of the few shots I've seen where a butterfly mimics nature to camouflage itself for protection. #4 is just plain awesome... and menacing! Hahaha! It's as if the butterfly is ready to pounce on you should you make a wrong move. Great series, thanks for sharing!  |
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Post by mandy on Oct 5, 2011 16:15:13 GMT
Thanks jiro. On #2, I was about a foot away. Actually in a lot my butterfly shots I'm quite close. I spend/spent a lot of time waiting, as I said 'in a bush' breathing very shallow and hardly moving. ;D I found if I scared one off if I waited long enough it would often circle and return to a nearby spot.  Unfortunately sometimes onto my hand, which was not much help!  |
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Post by jiro on Oct 5, 2011 16:19:24 GMT
You might find this interesting then:  This is my daughter on all smile when a butterfly landed on her finger while we are inside the butterfly cave at the San Antonio Zoo last summer. |
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Post by rasbury on Oct 5, 2011 16:25:07 GMT
Everyone of these shot's are absolutely beautiful Mandy.I love the detail in each image.It's amazing what persistence and patience can do for you.
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Post by robmarshall on Oct 5, 2011 16:38:24 GMT
Mandy
These are excellent shots. There is a very high level of colour, vibrancy, and they are bursting with brio. I acknowledge your ability in taking them, but I also think there's something to be said about the camera (Panasonic DMC-FZ45). For a camera that costs just a few hundred pounds it's amazingly on the button when it comes to taking zippy shots like this. My second camera is a Panasonic G1 which produces very good quality shots, but it clearly doesn't have the magnification reach that yours does. Nicely done.
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Post by mandy on Oct 5, 2011 17:42:47 GMT
Lovely shot jiro.  Though photos of butterflies 'in captivation' is in another category in my book. They have to be free to fly off over to the next field. It's all in the chase. It makes it more worthwhile when you get them. |
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Post by jiro on Oct 5, 2011 17:54:14 GMT
Lovely shot jiro. Though photos of butterflies 'in captivation' is in another category in my book. They have to be free to fly off over to the next field. It's all in the chase. It makes it more worthwhile when you get them. I fully agree on that, Mandy. Now, I'm embarrassed because I took the shortcut by going inside a butterfly sanctuary. Hehehe. |
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Post by frankie on Oct 6, 2011 2:02:16 GMT
Mandy,
These are wonderful! I especially love 1 and 2. And I agree with you when it comes to taking photos of butterflies in the wild vs those in captivity. I have hundreds of photos from working in the pavilion. And even though there are some decent photos and some really beautiful butterflies, I much prefer the photos I've taken of the butterflies in my yard or on hikes. In the wild, they are far more challenging.
Therefore, I commend you. These are amazing photos and I totally appreciate what you had to go through in order to get these shots.
Do you know the identity of these butterflies? If not, I can do some research and try to ID them for you.
Thanks for sharing these!
frankie
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Post by mandy on Oct 6, 2011 8:03:50 GMT
Thanks Frankie, It's nice to see someone else interested in butterflies. I'm a bit addicted to shooting butterflies. (in the photographic sense) :)There is a yellow ochre coloured one that I keep seeing fluttering by recently, but as yet I haven't been able to get near enough.  The shots above I think are: #1 Fritillary ( not sure which type. It was one of the larger ones.) #2 Common Swallowtail #3 Brimstone #4 Fritillary again. The Fritillary butterflies I find difficult to distinguish from each other. They seem to have subtle differences.  I'm keeping a record of the ones I see here so any help in identifying them would be helpful, thank you. I'm also doing the same thing with the wild flowers on our land. Thankfully a gardening forum is of great help there. |
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Post by Stevewebb on Oct 6, 2011 16:28:13 GMT
Very dynamic shooting angles, beautifully done. I like to admire butterfly shots but in real life I detest the things because the only ones we get are cabbage whites and their babies eat my brussels sprouts :-(
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Post by chrisc on Oct 7, 2011 2:02:30 GMT
OOoh, I loves dem little brussel sprouts...yoummy, yummy, and there's nothing like fresh ones, lightly braised in lightly salted butter.
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Post by Kit on Oct 7, 2011 2:43:53 GMT
OOoh, I loves dem little brussel sprouts...yoummy, yummy, and there's nothing like fresh ones, lightly braised in lightly salted butter. ...and then, just at plating time, top 'em off with a small squidge of sour cream and a wee bit of Parmesan cheese. Go to heaven... Ooops! Sorry Mandy - hijacking your butterflies. |
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Post by Kit on Oct 7, 2011 2:46:01 GMT
Mandy - that second image, of the butterfly really close up - that I think is great. Such sharpness and detail. I have often tried for butterflies, but have yet to get anything worth even keeping, let alone displaying.
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Post by mandy on Oct 7, 2011 8:10:43 GMT
Thanks for the comments Kit, don't worry about the thread hijacking. I'm a master of it on another forum. |
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