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cameraCanon EOS 6D

settings Aperture f/10 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 100/1 

upload_dateMay, 2017

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11 Comments |
Mary18
 
Mary18 June 21, 2017
Congratulations on winning my It's A Winger photo challenge! I hope to see more from you soon :)
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eelcovanroden June 22, 2017
Congratulations on your People's Choice Challenge Win!
christophergrobler Platinum
 
christophergrobler June 23, 2017
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique.
christophergrobler Platinum
 
christophergrobler June 23, 2017
Thanks! Its awesome knowing people like my photo
MikeBoyle
 
MikeBoyle June 27, 2018
Congratulations on your winning photo. Nice...Very Nice
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CarlaMello August 28, 2018
Beautiful! Very beautiful!
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jackiegoodwin November 22, 2019
lovely close up - thank you for entering my challenge "animals of any kind" - good luck
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snazzyonyx2676 December 07, 2020
Fantastic detail and color.. Love this.
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rmr731 Jan 03
Love this! Awesome close up!
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Brabbelings Jan 03
Pretty colors
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Brabbelings Jan 03
Pretty colors☺️

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took the shot in my garden. I just got my new Macro lens and couldn't wait to try it out! I was just about to give up wh en this beautiful butterfly landed not to far in front of me.

Time

This was around 8 in the morning. But on a cold winter's day in South Africa. The grass was still white and wet from the cold night it endured. The grass was covered in little spider webs shimmering in the sun.

Lighting

The sun was giving me really harsh shadows that day but luckily a cloud crossed in front of the sun giving me awesome soft light and shadow for about an hour.

Equipment

A Canon 60D with a 100mm 2.8 L macro lens. Nothing else

Inspiration

I just got my new(and first ever) macro lens and realy exited to go test it out. I was walking around at about 8 on cold winter's day in South Africa. The grass was wet and cold and actually quite devoid of insects and bugs. After an hour and a half of nothing happening I was just about to give up. Then suddenly this beautiful butterfly landed on this small plant growing out of the grass. I fell to my knees and started crawling towards it through the wet,cold grass. Finally I was close enough to take a shot. I got about 3 shots in then it left.

Editing

Yes, just some basic corrections of shadows and brightness.

In my camera bag

I have a my Canon 60D body. My first upgrade from crop sensor to full frame. The noise performance of a full frame is just so much better. Then i have a 100-400mm L markii zoom from Canon its truly a workhorse of a lens. Its really robust and you can see the quality of the glass in this lens. I then have a 17-40 mm L for wide angle and landscape photography. My 100 mm macro. For the smaller thing's in life and ofcourse a nifty 50.

Feedback

Just be patient and you will get the shot eventually. But most importantly just go shoot! Just get up and walk around, opportunity awaits around every corner????

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