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michaelray

Fritillary

Fritillary

close up of a fritillary butterfly

close up of a fritillary butterfly
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Sep, 2013

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Fall Award 2020

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Nature

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beautiful butterfly. Have never seen this one!

Great shot, nice focus and blurred background. :)

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Super macro work!

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She's on fire! Lovely!

Beautiful shot!!!

Beautiful macro :)

Beautiful photograph. nice image, great color, contrast, composition. fine shot.

Stunning!! :)

Gorgeous!!!

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Behind The Lens

Location

Jekyll Island Ga. walking trail going from Great Dune beach to the Village.

Time

Around 5:48 PM

Lighting

It was in the shade with light coming from the right. about 1.5 hour before sunset.

Equipment

Canon 50 D with a Sigma 18-250. hand held

Inspiration

I like butterflies

Editing

very little post processing

In my camera bag

Canon 50D and 7D sigma 18-250, 10-20 and 80-400 Canon 28-135 100 macro and 50 macro

Feedback

be patient, and take as many shots as you can. although this was taken with one shot.

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