Tiger Swallowtail

[Allen Sparks]

Canon 40D, Sigma 150 macro plus Tamron Pro 1.4x teleconverter, monopod, 580 EX II flash
ISO 400, f16, 1/250s, manual mode

I visited Ken's farm again yesterday...a pair of Tiger Swallowtails was the main attraction for me. Thanks for having me up again Ken!

[Randy Stout]

Allen:

Subtle flash work, which from me is always a compliment! Your focus plane was just right, sharp from tip to tip of wing. Sharp, well exposed. Nice angle in frame.

I might try a version with the lower right corner vignetted just a bit to aid in separating the butterfly from that area.

Thanks for sharing

Randy

[Julie Brown]

Allen, this is a beautiful specimen with very nicely saturated color. I would not have known that you used flash, the exposure is so well executed!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Beautiful specimen and light Allen! Killer BG too! You crushed this one!:cheers::cheers::cheers:

[Ken Childs]

Allen, she's lookin' good! This look just a little dark to me but other than that, you couldn't ask for much more.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Save for the right wing's tail this specimen is in perfect condition! Some areas of the BG could be smoothed out a bit (e.g. close to right wing tip)...was there some work done there? Good stuff overall!!

[Art Kornienko]

Nice specimen, was any flash setting reduced?

[Bob Miller]

HI Allen....very nice work getting such nice focus throughout. I would brighten the yellows in the wings just a bit and take down the saturation and brightness of the flowers. I also agree with darkening the leaf in the right corner

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Very nice pose and beautiful specimen. I like the colors and sharpness, very good work using flash!