Palamedes Swallowtail

[Don Lacy]

Here is a Palamedes licking minerals off the dirt road in Big Cyprus.

30D, 300 f/4 +25MM Ext tube, 1/400 @ f/5.6, Aperture priority, Evaluative Metered - 1/3, ISO 200, Raw, flash - 1 2/3, Cropped

[Chris Ober]

You were LOW for this one :) Nice setting considering the actual scene for this.

[Robert O'Toole]

Awesome Don, great pose with the proboscis out! Very nice light and good use of flash. Congrats.

To make the image even better I would run NR on the BG then sharpen up the wings and face selectively.

Robert

[Mike Moats]

Hey Don, nice pose, positioning, and sharp details. Good job on the BG and agree with Robert on the noise reduction.