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Modest Butterflies
Modest Butterflies
JuliBoc


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Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Coconut Creek, FL
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Nov 12, 2008

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 Slice of Life Side Challenge - #12

I went to Butterfly World today and experimented with some close-up filters. They were hard to use in that environment, and I was not very happy with the results of my experiments.

This butterfly shot didn't have the clarity and detail I wanted, and I had to do a lot of work to bring some life to the image. I'm still not happy with the image, but this is going to have to be it for today.

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 11/23/2008 11:27:26 PM
Your composition is just perfect in this shot. I understand your frustration with trying to shoot these things with the filters, I'm guessing you had a really shallow DOF and yet you managed to make it into a good shot.
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 11/18/2008 12:05:52 AM
Love the detail and soft colours!
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 11/13/2008 11:48:09 PM
Very nicely composed. I see what you mean about "life", though, as the vibrance and pop seems to be missing. Keep working at it :) Close up filters are very very very narrow on depth of field.
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 11/13/2008 04:23:05 AM
i love this shot julianne .. and wow to go to a place where you can shoot butterflies that are not in the wide open spaces .. i spose they'd be still pretty flighty tho .. great result and brilliant design .. :)
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 11/13/2008 01:36:54 AM
Not a bad result for an experiment Julianne. I've never used close-up filters so I can't comment on the clarity but I must say that you've done a great job with the colours and background with what looks like a fairly dark enclosure.
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 11/13/2008 12:54:42 AM
That is pretty nice composition, with the two of them on damp Spanish moss. They must have been relatively small.
I understand your frustration with the close up filters. I have a few of those, and have never used them since my slide film shooting days long ago.
You did a good job with making something enjoyable to see with this. I looked a minute, but didn't find them in my identification site.
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 11/13/2008 12:34:22 AM
Just perfectly stunning and I love it..... from shez

I wish we had a butterfly farm here near us here on the Sunshine Coast of Australia, as I would live there.....
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 11/13/2008 12:21:08 AM
i love butterfly farms
this is GORGOEUS and Stunningly good Julianne!
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