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Painted Lady
Painted Lady
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Challenge: Free Study VIII (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: North of Tracy, CA
Date: Apr 14, 2005
Aperture: f:8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2005

 I tool this shot when I came upon a large group of Painted Ladies in a bunch of flower bushes. I wasn't really prepared for a clos-up shot as I only had me Sigma 17-35 f2.8-4 lens with me. This was taken at 35mm. Most of the butterflys were pretty skittish but this one liked getting her picture taken and stayed still for quite a few shots.

At 35mm this final image only represents a small portion of the original. I used level adjustment, contrast and brightness, some saturation boost, and unsharp mask.

Statistics
Place: 144 out of 507
Avg (all users): 5.8911
Avg (commenters): 6.2143
Avg (participants): 5.8073
Avg (non-participants): 6.1786
Views since voting: 1178
Views during voting: 326
Votes: 248
Comments: 17
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 04/25/2005 05:18:27 PM
The detail here is superb!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 04/25/2005 03:05:04 AM
imo the moth is becoming a bit lost in the flowers.
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Canon EOS-10D
Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
 04/24/2005 10:13:18 PM
Very busy but very nice shot. The butterfly does get a bit lost in all of it.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/24/2005 04:41:55 PM
beautiful colors and nice focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM
 04/24/2005 03:52:57 PM
Amazing how she blends in. Cool shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7R V
Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS
 04/24/2005 04:13:54 AM
Cool macro!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/23/2005 09:31:28 AM
Background too cluttered.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 04/23/2005 03:53:46 AM
If the photo wasn't too busy I would have given this 20 out of 10. The texture on the wings and the general sharpness is stunning. As it is definitely an 8.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 04/21/2005 08:03:51 AM
Beautiful composition. Seems like some highlights blew on the middle right, but a great shot overall.
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/21/2005 06:44:57 AM
excellent work! incredible detail you've captured here. hope others take the time to appreciate this and don't just blow by it. good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/21/2005 03:09:54 AM
good clarity! Nice DOF 8
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 04/19/2005 10:55:36 PM
wow..........I've never seen the face of a butterfly..........wait until my kids see this
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
 04/19/2005 08:28:31 PM
Very sharp, and good, rich color. The business of the flowers detract a bit, but overall, very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Best-Buy Easy Point & Click
 04/19/2005 07:46:56 PM
Cliche. Great focus though. Great colors in this shot too. Flowers are a bit too bright. BUt overall I like this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 04/19/2005 09:14:20 AM
quite nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 04/19/2005 03:20:59 AM
Great detail and nice crop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Minolta DiMAGE 7i
 04/19/2005 01:59:32 AM
too much background.
Darken and blurr it a little to push out the b fly
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