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28 Comments | Report
salvador
 
salvador June 20, 2012
excellent shot.
shelly128569
 
shelly128569 June 21, 2012
Awesome pic, I have one similar.
dschrief
 
dschrief June 21, 2012
I have one like it! I love the colors!
Duff
 
Duff June 23, 2012
Fantastic Shot!
ornani
 
ornani June 23, 2012
awesome capture
beetlestone
 
beetlestone June 25, 2012
Great capture!
canon7d
 
canon7d July 01, 2012
Is this from your back yard LOL great work be proud !!!
morg
 
morg July 01, 2012
Beautiful shot! But they should get a room!
Batesrc2 PRO+
 
Batesrc2 July 04, 2012
Great shot
edazz
 
edazz July 04, 2012
Outstanding detail and color, nice shot!
otheses
 
otheses July 06, 2012
BRILLIANT CAPTURE
garthurdavis
 
garthurdavis August 16, 2012
Super shot ! ! ! VOTED ! ! ! Fantastic color ! ! !
ArtQ
 
ArtQ August 20, 2012
very nice shot, voted!
Flanerie66
 
Flanerie66 August 21, 2012
WOW, Beautiful. Voted!!!
melissa3339
 
melissa3339 October 01, 2012
Cool shot!
frankjrosetti
 
frankjrosetti November 24, 2012
favorite! voted!
mikeyffin
 
mikeyffin February 28, 2013
very nice shot voted
marcelfens
 
marcelfens April 05, 2013
Splendid colors!
roxyanne Platinum
 
roxyanne April 30, 2013
Very nice!
Akire
 
Akire August 03, 2013
Awesome capture!
AliAlzuhair
 
AliAlzuhair August 03, 2013
Lovely colors!
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JudyAnn August 04, 2013
Beautiful detail and dof.
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carolcardillo August 06, 2013
This photo jumps right off the page! Well done. Voted in Contrast.
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vesipenkova September 24, 2013
Fantastic!
Jon--Hall
 
Jon--Hall September 28, 2013
Great shot, well done!
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Flosno November 11, 2013
Excellent shot....beautiful tones
Ata
 
Ata December 12, 2013
Great Macro!
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cmorisset July 26, 2014
Beautiful!
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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken at the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara Falls Ontario.

Time

Late morning or mid day during the week is the best time to visit as there will be fewer people there.

Lighting

The lighting in the Conservatory is fantastic for most shots. In this photo I used a fill flash to bring out the color of the butterflies.

Equipment

For this shot I used my Pentax ist dl with my 80 to 320 zoom lens. The exposure was f5.6 at 1/60 and400 ISO. I set my flash to fill.

Inspiration

I love the colors in this particular species of butterfly. It wasn't until after I took the shot that I noticed the male and female are similar but different in color.

Editing

I did very little post processing past cropping and a little sharpening.

In my camera bag

I carry a Pentax K7 with five lenses. Usually I will have my Pentax kit lens, a 100 mm Pentax macro, a 200mm Pentax ff2.8 lens and my two zooms, a Tamron mid range and a Pentax 80 to 320.

Feedback

If at all possible visit during the week. There will be fewer people vying for just the right shot. Take just two lenses - a short one and a long one. You are usually able to get right up on top of some of these butterflies for a great shot. Concentrate on the face and use spot metering with spot focus. Set your camera flash to fill before you enter just in case. You walk right into a huge green house filled with tropical plants and thousands of butterflies. Be ready to start shooting as soon as you enter!

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