Love at Fairchild

[Richard Waas]

Well the gang was at Fairchild Tropical Gardens today and I'm sure there will be plenty of versions of these love making butterflies. Hope you enjoy mine. Image taken with my Canon 50D on tripod, ISO 200, f/4.5, 1/250 sec, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, 200mm, Evaluative Metering, Auto Exposure, Auto WB, No Flash. Comments Welcome

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Mr. Waas,
A lovely little couple indeed...I like the composition and capture...you have sharp details and good color rendition...well done...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Sure was fun Richard and you came up with a good one !!! I like how you were able to move around and get a decent bg for the bugs ... getting low was the key !!!

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Subject angle and dialing the perfect focal length makes this one sing. Spot-on exposure (the 2.8 is a great lens) you captured a great moment in the life of nature.

Richard, what was the time and do you mostly use WB/auto?

[Lance Peters]

Love teh detail and the colours - strong composition as well.
Congrats Richard.

[Richard Waas]

Jeff, this image was taken at around 9 am. Unless I'm shooting an image for HDR or a panorama, something that needs all the settings to be the same, I shoot auto WB and RAW. Most of the time this works for me with maybe a slight adjustment in ACR. I also shoot sunsets/sunrises in cloudy WB so I can see the color better on my LCD. Glad you enjoyed the image.....

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Richard,

I do basically the same. Early morning I often use cloudy to highlight morning colors and auto when light gets higher in the sky. Thanks, I do enjoy your work.

[Bob Miller]

Richard....Lovely bf image! The bg does work well! You might consider taking just a tad off the bottom!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

You nailed yours my friend. Certainly a fun day.
Congrats