lindapersson

Mother of pearl butty

Dang it's hard getting a full and sharp butterfly.
UPDATE: Was just selected Cover Photo on Youpic. I am so honoured and humbled by this.
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Dang it's hard getting a full and sharp butterfly.
UPDATE: Was just selected Cover Photo on Youpic. I am so honoured and humbled by this.

July 25th 2016

UPDATE: Finalist in National Geographics SE, Photo contest.

Aug 18th 2016

UPDATE: 2nd place in NatGeo photo contest. Will be published in magazine in Sept 2016.

Aug. 27 2016
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NIKON D7100

settings

Aperture 5/1 ISO 400 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 2000/10

upload_date

Jul, 2016

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Awards

Winner in unprocessed photos only Photo Challenge

Peer Award

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Superb Composition

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Top Choice

+115

Absolute Masterpiece

+96

Magnificent Capture

+34

Outstanding Creativity

+22

All Star

+12

Superior Skill

Genius

Virtuoso

Emotions

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Happy

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Beautiful image with a nice color pop!

Thank you, I'm happy to hear it. I took the photo yesterday and it was pretty much my first attempt on butterflies. Took many tries to get this one, though. They don't stay put. :-)

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Wonderful DOF!

Thank you! :-)

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Good job.........chasing down the elusive butterfly

Thanks. They do try your patience. :-)

Think it is a great photo of a Silverwashed Fritillery(I think)

Thank you. Don't know the English name of it but here in Sweden it's called Mother of pearl (but in Swedish. :-) )

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gorgeous shot/ i love this photo

Thank you Ellen! :-)

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Lovely capture:-)

Thank you so much!

Stunning shot... waww .. congratulations !!!

Thank you, I'm honored by your words.

Beautiful Image !

Thank you for taking the time to comment my photos. I want you to know I appreciate your support so much! This particular photo I just learned is the finalist in a National Geographic photo contest. It didn't win but to know they even considered it for the win is huge to me.

Beauty!

Much appreciated! (Can't take credit for the butterfly, though. *smile* )

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Thank you lindapersson, very beautiful.

Thank you!

OUTSTANDING. Great great detail

Many thanks! I'm honored by your words.

Congratulations and what a beautiful shot!

Thank you I am happy to hear it!

Awesome shot! I have a hard time getting a butterfly. They cannot sit still for too long :)

They sure don't! :-) Thank you for the compliment.

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Great shooting Nice capture.

Many thanks! :-)

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Beautiful detail, color and dof!

Many thanks!

Excellent Capture-and-Congratulations with the awards

Thank you very much. I appreciate you taking the time to look my gallery over. :-)

You have a fantastic eye for beauty

Thank you so much!

beautiful!

Thank you! :-)

Linda,You have some outstanding images, love your gallery. Awesome and thank you for providing so much information on some of your photos

You're welcome. Thank you for all the compliments you've given me. It helps me to do even better. :-)

Back to look again at it love it

Thank you so much!

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great shot-congrats on your win!!

Thank you kindly!

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Behind The Lens

Location

This was photographed among the thistles in my parents backyard.

Time

This was in the afternoon.

Lighting

It was all natural light. Boring but true.

Equipment

Nikon D7100 and 70-200mm f4 lens, hand held.

Inspiration

I was practicing depth of field as well as capturing butterflies in full sharpness. Actually it was more the sharpness I was after than dof but it all had to work together for the shot I wanted.

Editing

No more than RAW to jpg conversion and then I had to crop the photo just a tad to center the butterfly.

In my camera bag

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Feedback

As it is all from natural light I would have to say make sure the sun is highlighting the object/subject and not backlighting it. Next is patience. It took me hours to capture this depth of field with the butterfly as sharp as it is. Try different settings. Don't remember what I used here but usually to capture a similar image you need the apperature to be quite open but not too much to lose the depth of field. I have a little blur on the one wing tip but it's forgiven by the rest of the composition. Last but not any less important - the background. Most my shots had green background because of the vegetation. But there was one angle that aimed towards the lake in the distance, giving it the blue background. I waited and waited and there was the moment. It lasted 10-15 seconds. Got a few shots in and that was all it took. Study the scenery and picture your shot in your head. With a little luck it will turn out for you. Good luck!

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Mother of pearl butty

Dang it's hard getting a full and sharp butterfly. UPDATE: Was just selected Cover Photo on Youpic. I am so honoured and humbled by this. Read more

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Dang it's hard getting a full and sharp butterfly.
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