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Nancy A Elwood
03-01-2009, 03:35 PM
I found a local butterfly garden and thought I would give it a go. I did not have my macro lens or tripod with me, plan on returning with them. What do you think? Taken with the D300, Nikon 70-300VR, iso 640, f 9, 1/160. All C&C appreciated.:) Also does one know the name of this type of butterfly.

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Julie Kenward
03-01-2009, 05:26 PM
Nancy, I had to look through two of my butterfly books but I finally found it. It's a Queen - a member of the Brushfooted butterflies...technical name is Danaue Gilippus.

You did a good job of getting the entire butterfly in focus -f9 is a good aperture for this kind of work. You can go shallower in aperture but then if the BF moves his/her wings you'll have parts that are really OOF.

I do think you've got a bit of a color cast - you might try to move it more towards the cool side as the leaves on the plant really look yellow. Also the butterfly book describes this as a dark orange/red and yours is definitely more orange/yellow.

Nice going for your first time out. Botanical gardens are great places to get a good look at insects - especially butterflies! Enjoy them and next time take the macro too!
Nancy A Elwood
03-01-2009, 05:28 PM
Thank you so much Jules for the comments and the name!! I enjoyed my time there and look forward to working with my macro lens again.
Fabs Forns
03-01-2009, 06:22 PM
Agree on the color cast, Nancy. Also. as for composition, if you take an inch off the bottom, you can get the Bfly off the center. Macro can be a lot of fun!
Give a holler when you are in the Glades, please :)
Nancy A Elwood
03-01-2009, 06:27 PM
Agree on the color cast, Nancy. Also. as for composition, if you take an inch off the bottom, you can get the Bfly off the center. Macro can be a lot of fun!
Give a holler when you are in the Glades, please :)

Thanks Fabs!:) I am looking at making the image a bit cooler, in temp, now. Will do on the Glades.:) Repost

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Ed Vatza
03-01-2009, 08:52 PM
Agree with the above. I think you could even go a little cooler.
Mike Moats
03-02-2009, 10:14 PM
Hey Nancy, very nice image and agree on the crop, the second post looks better.