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stuart wanuck
08-04-2013, 01:26 PM
nikon d 800 iso 400
m 1/250 @ 11
150 mm with ff

Mitch Haimov
08-04-2013, 01:49 PM
Great subject and perch. Right side of upper wing seems soft but otherwise nice detail. Too bad the background vegetation is so close; this image would pop a lot more with a softer BG. If you are so inclined and have time on your hands you may want to try blurring the BG in post, but getting the selection right may be a lot of work.

Nancy Bell
08-05-2013, 12:15 PM
I agree with Mitch. The butterfly and the flower are lovely, however the bkgd is very busy in color and lines, taking away from the main subject.

Jonathan Ashton
08-06-2013, 10:36 AM
Very good shot Stuart, there is an awful lot to get in the same frame so not an easy shot. The left forewing area is a little blurred I suspect this was a little bit of wind as the rest is sharp. With an image such as this I would definitely take several images at different apertures, the subject is relatively large so I suspect you could have gone to f7.1 or f6.3, the background would have been more diffused and the shutter speed faster.