Mount Ashland, Oregon, USA
08/22/10 1:31:41 PM
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
1/400, f/11.0, ISO 800
Manual Exposure
Evaluative Metering
Macro TwinLite External E-TTL @ -2/3 comp
Bright sunlight, handheld
Image cropped to approx 50% of original area for composition.
These Silvery Blues were collecting mineral salts from moist soils at a mountainside seep. In the dazzling sunlight of the mountaintop, I exposed for the lighter blues in the wings and detail in the white wing fringes while using fill flash to reduce the starkness of the shadows.
Craig







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