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Upon Her Purple Throne
Upon Her Purple Throne
CNovack


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Complementary Colors II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus C-8080
Location: Indoors with a South facing room
Date: Sep 29, 2005
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Animals, Floral
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2005

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I managed to capture this beautifully deep yellow butterfly (found out the name of this species is called Phoebis Philea or Orange Barred Sulphur because it has beautiful orange spots on the inside of the wing which you cannot see here). I had originally envisioned the shot with a purple Gerber Daisy, but they do not come in purple and the spray paint on a white one was not as good as what I envisioned.

So I went with my second choice of flower: a purple orchid.

An hour and 15 minutes later I had 30 shots and this is the best of them.

Statistics
Place: 135 out of 318
Avg (all users): 5.2301
Avg (commenters): 5.7778
Avg (participants): 5.1569
Avg (non-participants): 5.2903
Views since voting: 1175
Views during voting: 300
Votes: 226
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/11/2005 03:22:10 PM
Oh my gosh....my first reaction. gorgeous picture, are those orchids? Great picture! I love that I can see the tips of the antenna, love the detail.
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10/10/2005 08:06:17 PM
Wow! What a great subject for this challenge. Nicely done.
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10/07/2005 11:47:10 PM
very pretty..!
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10/06/2005 01:57:43 PM
too dark, methinks. but i still like the shot a lot.
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10/06/2005 12:54:18 PM
good capture, the flowers seem a little on the dark side though
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10/05/2005 01:52:57 PM
brighten up the butterfly anf ya got a winner
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10/05/2005 01:21:22 PM
Very nice, could use a little brightening up. Seems too dark.
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10/05/2005 12:20:02 PM
Nice composition, sad, pale colors - it really needs some good lighting.
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10/05/2005 08:21:36 AM
Nice close up. The lighting seems a bit off - I'd like the colors to be more vibrant. Possibly a looser crop with more black area would have worked a bit better.
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