Canon 7D Canon 180mm macro tripod ISO 200-0.3 1/400 sec f10.
A bit grraphic perhaps but well it is nature, this is what they do!
All C & C welcome.
Canon 7D Canon 180mm macro tripod ISO 200-0.3 1/400 sec f10.
A bit grraphic perhaps but well it is nature, this is what they do!
All C & C welcome.
Awesome behaviour. Love the overall BG (except for the OOF leaf behind the butterflies). I do wish the upper winf of the right subject was all within DOF...not much needed there, perhaps just moving a bit to the right would have aligned you perfectly square to both of them.
Thanks for sharing this way cool opportunity you had!!
Hey Johnathan,
I think the story is great and I myself look for these type of opportunities! Daniel brought up some excellent points about the angle and I also feel lightneing up the RH butterfly will go a long way in taking this up a notch. Another fine effort from you
I agree about the OOF area, trouble is there was now't I could do without disturbing vegetation and other butterflies, I took about 300 shots in differing areas/positions that day and I am not 100% happy with any.... but I remain defiant!! I 'll be back!![]()
Hi Jonathan. A very nice capture of this behavior (and where would we be if they didn't do this?). Daniel and Roman have expressed my thoughts well so I won't repeat. I can appreciate the difficulty of getting these aligned exactly when using a tripod in vegetation. You might try some selective sharpening on the wings of the right butterfly and maybe a little dodging around its face. I think these tweaks will take the image up a notch or two.
Hi Jonathan, great advice already given, covering all my critique points. I see you are only at f/10 and still at 1/400, so maybe stopping down would have been an option to get more DOF on that wing. The tripod, mating butterflies and BG seem to allow a slower SS.
It's good to see you are back with your butterflies again! I count butterflies weekly on a transect for a national monitoring scheme, but this year I haven't seen any blues yet, so it's nice to see they're still present around your place!
Hi Jerry - it was a breezy day so I couldn't really afford to go much slower SS.