Here is an Inornate Ringlet photographied at the Mont Orford National Park in Quebev last June.
Using a combo 300mm + 1.4 TC at this aperture I got a blackish bacground. Seeing the opportunity here, I decided to darken the background in order to get the flowers and the butterfly as a single entity.
Do you like it?
Thank you again!
Michel
The Common Ringlet flies in a wide variety of grassy habitats, including roadsides, woodland edges and clearings, prairies, bogs, and arctic and alpine taiga and tundra.
Model = Canon EOS 40D
[Camera]
Exposure Time = 1/250"
F Number = F9
Exposure Program = Aperture priority
ISO Speed Ratings = 320
Exif Version = Version 2.21
Date Time Original = 2008-06-21 12:453
Date Time Digitized = 2008-06-21 12:453
Shutter Speed Value = 8 TV
Aperture Value = 6.38 AV
Exposure Bias Value = -0.33EV
Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length = 420mm
Last edited by Michel Pilon; 11-26-2008 at 02:25 PM.
Reason: Title change
It's really lovely! The flowers are perfectly centered but you'd never realize it because the butterfly is in the ROT's. It's well exposed and nicely balanced. I can't tell on my monitor if the wing of the insect is overly sharpened or just a bit on the hairy side but I like it either way.