Macro and Flora Image of the Week for the week ending October 19th, 2012: Ken Childs - Light Box Buckeye

Congratulations Ken!

Canon EOS REBEL T1iCanon
Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Manual mode
1/200"
F16
ISO 200
Canon 430EX: On, Fired
HH
ACR & CS5


I found this as a wandering caterpillar and brought it inside to pupae. This is the freshly eclosed butterfly.


Shot in my lightbox with the flash aimed straight up.


Cropped, curves to get the BG nice and white, SH, contrast, smart and high-pass sharpening.