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Dave Stacey
{K:137868} 9/16/2006
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Excellent macro, Lee, and good capture of the colours and details of both insect and flower!
Dave.
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John Markiel
{K:309} 9/16/2006
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This is one of the best images I have seen on UF. The composition is very pleasing and the colors brilliant. I sort of assume you are zoomed in and hand held with a tiny bit of camera shake that causes just a little bluring. I want to take similar photos and would like a little more depth of field and clarity with a smaller f-stop and longer time on a tripod if the butterfly will hang around that long. Great picture you should be very proud of.
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Joe Johnson
{K:8529} 9/17/2006
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Good stock closeup. The D70 produces nice, clean photos. There's probably a lot of detail if one cropped closer, as well. Butterflies (and dragonflies) are difficult, as you suggest. But there are butterfly exhibits at zoos, and such, public gardens. And those butterflies will let you get an inch away.
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Lee Duer
{K:210} 9/17/2006
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Thanks for your comment Joe. I've attached a cropped image. Although I do have the Washington DC Zoo only 30 miles from me I still prefer to photograph only non-captive subjects.
I realize some of my photos would probably be much better if I were able to get closer to them in a zoo setting (like the exellent photo you took of the gorilla) but my back yard provides ample challlenges for me and I don't have to fight off crowds. My butterfly bush, that's blooming now, attracts an amazing amount of subjects to photograph.
I'm also quite happy with my decision to retire the 35mm N90 Nikon for the D70 and save an enormous amount of money by not having to trash hundreds of bad photos anymore.
Thanks again for the comment Joe.
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Lee Duer
{K:210} 9/18/2006
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WOW! Between you and Dave Stacey I'm feeling really good. John, you were correct, it was hand held but the lens is a fixed 105mm. Your remark about camera shake causes me some concern. At 1/500th & f8 I didn't think it would have been apparent. This is what aging does, I guess, and I'll have to increase my Valium dosage before I shoot again. I certainly would have perferred a tripod but the critter was in the middle of the bush and at the very top. There was barely enough room left for me let alone a tripod too. Besides I was apparently annoying a huge bee of some kind and he wasn't looking friendly. Thanks for taking your time to make a constructive comment.
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Joe Johnson
{K:8529} 9/18/2006
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Nice frame on that rework, too. The hotspot might suggest using some diffusion. I think butterflies make for great subjects/objects. And from what I've seen of D70 photos on this site, it produces very sharp, colorful and pleasing photos. But still, for all the slides one would have to discard, a crisp slide of the same shot is probably going to seem superior to even a D70 photo. I would guess a number of people now using digital were very familiar with slides films, in the past. But the expense. There was no alternative, then. What I'd hate to see is the elimination of slide film for a smaller niche market. I'd hate to see it go away. It's also very 'archival'. CD/DVD storage, I don't know.
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Angela DeLong
{K:3050} 9/19/2006
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Awesome colors. Looks like a fairy tail. Turn the page and see some fairies and mushroom houses. Beautiful.
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John Markiel
{K:309} 9/21/2006
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Wow, the close crop is a major improvement. I would blow it up and put it on the wall except for the bright spot at the base of the wing. This might be worth playing around in photoshop to dull that out and make him more uniform against the bright flower.
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{K:12494} 9/28/2006
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This is a spectacular capture of the most beautiful butterfly, I haven't ever seen a butterfly like this one, excellent job. my friend.
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