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Blue Spot Hairstreak
5D3, Sigma macro lens 180mm 2.8, hand held,
1/500, f/9, ISO400, natural light + fill in flash,
Full photo size: 5760 x 3840 pixels,
PP: vibrance adjustment and removed a spot in BG.
ID: Blue Spot Hairstreak (Satyrium spini) butterfly resting on Creeping Spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites) plant. Yellow BG was feeding zone of this butterfly - flowers of lat. Sedum boloniense (don't know English name) plant.
Location: Velebit mountain, July 2014.

Thanks for viewing and comments.
Cheers,
Miro
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Macro and Flora Moderator
That is one fine image, the exposure, colours and detail in the butterfly are excellent, I lke the background too. Regarding the sedum plant I think I would crop the base to just above the petal that is third in from the right hand side - i.e. approx 1.2/1.3 cm off the base.
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A super image! Great detail on the butterfly, nice & parallel to the camera, and a stunning mottled yellow bkgd. Jonathan has a good suggestion about cropping some of the foreground away. The blurred parts are distracting and really are not needed to balance the image.
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Hi Nancy and Jonathan. Thanks to your valuable comments. As far as I understood you prefer this crop version:

Cheers,
Miro
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Macro and Flora Moderator
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Very nice image with lovely background and stunning details on the butterfly. If it were mine I would crop even a little more from the bottom. Well done. -- Allen
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Thanks Allen and Jonathan. Yes the last frame could be the best. Thanks again.
Cheers,
Miro
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Miro, I very much like the crop you chose.
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BPN Member
Hi Miro. Outstanding sharpness and detail on the butterfly. The browns go very nicely with the yellows and greens in the rest of the image. I agree about the soft areas at the bottom of the frame and your repost is a nice improvement. Excellent work!
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