Swallow tailed on Pickerel

[Fabs Forns]

From this morning at Loxahatchee NWR, while waiting for the Snail Kites to perform.
Not exactly the macro set-up :)

Model: NIKON D3
Lens (mm): 700
ISO: 1250
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/1250

[Julie Kenward]

700??? You took this with a 700mm? Were you in the next county??? ;):D;)

Love the image but would like to see just a bit more contrast on the BF. Of course that's just me, high contrast girl that I am!

[Alfred Forns]

... best macro lens on the planet !!! Sure wish I had seen these beauties Fabs !!! Impressive !!!

[Christopher Miller]

Nice, Fabs! Great BG and colors. Only thing I would change would be to have the flower completely sharp to match all the sharpness in the butterfly.

[Joseph Martines]

Nice image though I agree with Julie about the contrast/saturation of the colors.

Thanks for sharing.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Fabs, it's interesting that two people thought the B-fly could use a bit more contrast and I thought when I opened the image that the contrast was perfect. Do agree it would have been nice to have a little more focus on the flower.

[Markus Jais]

Beautiful shot of a wonderful butterfly. Great light and wonderful colors. The only thing is, that the flower should be more in focus but this is only a minor thing.

Markus

[Milan V]

Some times I use tele lens for macro too, specially with extension tubes. For contrast Im not sure, Im not familiar with this butterfly, but I would prefere photo without green leaf.

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice photo Fabs. I really like the angle you caught the bf at. Dave

[Bob Allen]

Nice angle. The proboscis in the flower is key to the action going on. On my monitor (Apple cinema display, calibrated), the whites on the body (especially the head) appear overexposed, losing detail. If confirmed, you might fiddle with that when you bring up the RAW image.

I'm teaching a macro workshop in a few weeks, may I borrow your 700mm lens to demo the technique? ;7)

[Anita Bower]

Very nice image of butterfly and lovely BG. The fact that the flower is past its prime is a drawback in the overall image. However, we want perfection, while butterflies and bees seem content to continue visiting flowers past their prime.