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In My City Garden
In My City Garden
mariomel


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Challenge: In the Garden (Classic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S602Z
Location: Montreal, QC
Date: Jul 27, 2003
Aperture: F 5.6
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/550 sec
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 28, 2003

 Although not looking for a photo opp, I saw this little guy flying around and land on a wall next to the house I am currently renovating. I quickly ran to get my camera, and when I came back, was very disappointed to see that he was gone. I looked around, and found him flying towards my wife's side garden, and land on one of her cone flowers. He then sat there while I shot a few shots, then flew away and came back for more. Very cooperative of him considering my lens was about an inch away from him.

It was a perfect fluke that his colours matched the colours surrounding him: the orange from the flowers, the white from the wall and the bricks all matched his colours.

In PS, slight crop, very slight level and saturation adjustments. Resize, USM and border.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DL Aspherical IF Hyperzoom for Canon
 08/05/2003 11:24:36 PM
nice shot, my only disappointment is the lack of detail on the body
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
 08/03/2003 07:33:39 PM
Nice capture though a little more exposure would bring out the details in the dark areas of the wings. Less DOF would allow for a much more blurred background.
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Fujifilm FinePix 2800Z
 08/03/2003 12:18:53 PM
Fantastic. Great contrasts, great focus, great shot! 9
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Nikon Coolpix 995
 08/02/2003 05:52:44 PM
Neat angle! Feels like its ready to take off! Lovely detail.
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 08/02/2003 08:05:40 AM
this is excellent, the brick wall works surprisingly well in the composition, and you've got perfect detail on the butterfly. 10
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 08/01/2003 07:40:03 PM
Great timing to get the wings both spread like that. The focus on thebutterfly is pretty good too. I'd like to see it framed a little better. (maybe more to the right) and a softer background.
Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 08/01/2003 04:13:02 PM
Great dof on your Red Admiral...Nice job..
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