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Published: 2008-06-13 07:51:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 1278; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 0
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Shot with a Canon EF-S 60mm macro lens at about 1/2 life size.Related content
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the colours in this just scream out "summer." I love how when you look at this in full view, the underbelly of the butterfly is all furry. Beautiful indeed
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I'm not all that and a bag of chips -lots of talent here...
Thanks for the props
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you are underappreciated for sure
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Thanks for the props
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you're welcome!
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Hehe, I was wondering two days ago, while filming insects in macro (I shot between 2-3 times life-size a carpenter ant fighting a tiny beetle 
That's a great shot ! I never come to get a macro shot of butterflies, since they move so quickly when they feel any change around them. I love your picture.
And I'll 
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Thanks
This is the time of year when I start to shoot more natural light close-ups so I should have more butterflies soon
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I like the view.
Proud to be a watcher!
Great photo.
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looks like its wearing little striped socks.
What kind of flower is that, btw?
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No idea on the flower -it grows wild around here.
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really nice shot! my brother owns the 60mm ... but im not shure if i want to get this too....
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beautiful vibrant & rich colours.
nice shot, how come iso 400?
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Butterflies are hot wired to react to changes in light and are so fast that they will jump in the space between the pre-flash that the camera uses for TTL metering and the main flash -just milliseconds...
So I never use a flash to shoot butterflies, and I want to keep the shutter speed high to avoid motion blur (the wind blowing the flower, the butterfly moving as it feeds, etc.). In the early morning light, with the sun back lighting the critter (can't cast a shadow over it or it's gone) the shutter speeds will be too low if I'm shooting at ISO 100. I set the camera to shutter priority, 1/320 to 1/400, the ISO to 400, and I let the aperture fall where it will. Controlling depth in a shot like that one isn't important -unless I want to go for a very shallow area of focus and then I'd set the camera to aperture priority and the Fstop to 4 and the ISO to 200 (just to keep the shutter speeds high). Always some sort of trade off...
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ah excellent, i learn more and more everytime i speak to you.
i bin trying to pull off one of those water drops with an image inside but having some trouble.
they are almost there but not quite
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Keep practicing -and expect to delete a lot of frames...
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