Jonathan Ashton
06-06-2013, 05:56 AM
Taken late evening whilst walking Barney, this is the first and only common blue I have seen this year.
Monopod Canon 7D Canon 180mm macro ISO 400 1/250 sec f7.1, fill in flash -1.66. I corrected the colour balance with the white balance tool, the colours were a little too warm due to the late evening light. The sun was going down directly behind me so I was wriggling about in the grass trying not to block the light becasue as soon as you do the butterfly is likely to fly off. This drew a few wary glances from passers by who were reassured once I told them I was photographing butterflies!
The seed head is perhaps a little dominant (??) I toned down the seeds a little bit, I wonder what you think? The background is natural I have not done anything at all - not even NR.
All comments welcome.
Monopod Canon 7D Canon 180mm macro ISO 400 1/250 sec f7.1, fill in flash -1.66. I corrected the colour balance with the white balance tool, the colours were a little too warm due to the late evening light. The sun was going down directly behind me so I was wriggling about in the grass trying not to block the light becasue as soon as you do the butterfly is likely to fly off. This drew a few wary glances from passers by who were reassured once I told them I was photographing butterflies!
The seed head is perhaps a little dominant (??) I toned down the seeds a little bit, I wonder what you think? The background is natural I have not done anything at all - not even NR.
All comments welcome.