Common Rose Swallowtail (c)

[Nancy A Elwood]

Good morning to all!:) This is another from my trip to Gainesville Saturday. Taken with the D300, Nikon 70-300VR with a 20mm ext tube, f16, iso 500, 1/60 with fill. C&C welcomed as always:).

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[Nancy A Elwood]

I kept looking at this and concluded it was a tad dark, so increased brightness just a bit.

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[Dave Mills]

Hi Nancy, The subject is sharp,on a diagonal,soft lighting and a muted backround. Well handled!!

[Dave Mills]

I just saw the repost and like the butterfly but you brought everything up and the backround seems more defined to my eye as opposed to muted. I prefer the original. If it were mine I would get rid of the brown area between the tail.

[Nancy A Elwood]

I just saw the repost and like the butterfly but you brought everything up and the backround seems more defined to my eye as opposed to muted. I prefer the original. If it were mine I would get rid of the brown area between the tail.

Thanks Dave for the relook.

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[Randy Stout]

Nancy:

The last repost is the best. Good input from Dave.
I am curious how much of a crop this is, not that the quality is suffering, just interested in how close you can get to the subject with this setup?

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Nancy A Elwood]

Nancy:

The last repost is the best. Good input from Dave.
I am curious how much of a crop this is, not that the quality is suffering, just interested in how close you can get to the subject with this setup?

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

Thanks Randy!:) Now, as far as the setup. I would say I was about 11 to 12 inches from the subject with the 20mm ext tube. I have a 36mm ext tube, but have not tried that yet. I find it to be very versitile, especially if tripods are not allowed as is at this place in Gainesville. I did not crop much on this, maybe 10% was cropped.

[Randy Stout]

Thanks Nancy:

Good that you can get them to sit tight for you at that distance. Perhaps they are used to people. I have used several setups, and like to be able to work out a bit more to reduce the risk of spooking them.

Cheers


Randy

[Julie Kenward]

The last repost is definitely the keeper, Nancy. That brown spot below the tail was making me crazy! Beautiful definition on this one just like the others.

I would bet the 36mm is going to be too limited a DOF for what you're trying to do here. I've found if you want a little room from your subject the 12mm & 20mm are the way to go. If you want to fill the frame with one wing, throw on the 36!

[Nancy A Elwood]

Thanks Jules! After taking that brown spot out I am not sure how I let it go in the first place:confused:. I think I will use the excuse of the heat again:D:p.