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Posted By: Marc Langille, 06-06-2009, 09:25 AM

Both NANPA and Nature Photographers have some incredible talent amongst their ranks. It's heartening to see an image of mine make the grade... even though it's been seen before...

NANPA Daily Sampler: North American Nature Photography Association - The Daily Sampler

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Here is the full image - taken with the "soft" K10D JPEG:

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Photo Dimensions 3135 x 2250

Crop to show detail:


Photo Dimensions of crop 1568 x 1432

This was a hand held shot in bright daylight at F/11, 1/180 sec., ISO 100, 200mm, AV mode. Used diffused flash to fill the shadows on the subject. I was approximately 2-3 feet away and I couldn't get the entire subject in the shot. I did a little bit of cropping to better balance the background and the subject.

I have yet to see this sort of a wing position in a butterfly ever again! Perhaps 2-3 images I have had unusual wing positions, but the backgrounds were a much drabber brownish-gray of the soil before managing to get into the ideal spot and not scare this Yellow Swallowtail off...

Cheers,
Marc

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06-06-2009, 09:29 AM   #2
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Mark, I see only red crosses.....
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Hi Rense,

That is an issue with the hosting site - it should be fixed now. Let me know?

Thanks,
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Hi Rense,

That is an issue with the hosting site - it should be fixed now. Let me know?

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Marc
Yep it works! And it is a great shot Mark. I like the detail in the blacks a lot! And it's good to see you there on that webpage!!

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Geez, that's good!
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Congrats!
Great details on the butterfly.
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Yep it works! And it is a great shot Mark. I like the detail in the blacks a lot! And it's good to see you there on that webpage!!
Thank you Rense - I've added a crop of the image to hopefully show the details a bit better for you.

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Woah! It's aa fabulous shot!
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congrats and what a beautiful shot. your truly an artist with that camara
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Marc, I liked this image the first time I seen it and love it even more now. The colors just pop and the sharpness, for hand held, is one of the best I have seen shot. I struggle at times with hand held [getting better] without a decent shutter speed. You have proven time and time again that you are one of the best! Best well and thanks for sharing. JIM
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Marc

I always admire your work, it is more than a pleasure to open your threads to see whats inside.

Brilliant



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congratulations, Marc, on another well-deserved honor!
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Congratulations. Great work. Excellent color and lighting.
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Congrats, Marc - great job, as always.

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Marc,

One can never say enough how wondrous your photos are...and this Butterfly is just stunning. Colour and composition are phenomenal. Very, very inspirational...
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