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Dryas iulia (Julia)
Dryas iulia (Julia)
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Challenge: Orange (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Desert Botanical Gardens Phoenix, Arizona USA
Date: Mar 18, 2004
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320th
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 22, 2004

 Commonly called a Julia, this butterfly is native to the Lesser Antilles islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Carribean.

Image was rotated and cropped. It had selective color applied to better bring out yellow and lavender. Brightness/contrast was adjusted. Neat Image used to reduce background noise and a bit of USM applied as a final touch.


Statistics
Place: 15 out of 383
Avg (all users): 6.3902
Avg (commenters): 8.1111
Avg (participants): 6.2639
Avg (non-participants): 6.5417
Views since voting: 1672
Votes: 264
Comments: 21
Favorites: 2 (view)

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Minolta DiMAGE Z1
 02/27/2005 12:36:02 AM
Dave,

I really like this photo--the colors are brilliant!

Jennifer
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D100
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
 03/30/2004 10:19:34 AM
great composition and DOF!
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/29/2004 11:24:03 PM
Excellent shot, crisp and well-composed. 10
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Olympus C-300Z
 03/29/2004 03:08:04 PM
This is beautiful. Perhaps the perfect photograph.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-P32
 03/29/2004 07:41:39 AM
Looks great. Full house.
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RIM BlackBerry Curve
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 03/28/2004 09:47:38 PM
great detail on the 'fly but you could pay a bit more attention to the backgrounds. The yellow spots in particular distract
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 03/28/2004 07:54:23 PM
Exceptional composition!!! Great color!!! A 10 in my opinion!
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Sony DSC-F717
 03/27/2004 09:08:07 AM
Excellent, I love this! It makes a nice change from the usual side-view that people choose when taking pictures of butterflies.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 03/25/2004 08:40:42 PM
Beautiful shot, great colors. detail is outstanding.
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Sony DSC-WX50
03/25/2004 08:24:41 PM
Nicely captured. Love the colors and the depth of field. 10
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 03/25/2004 04:48:46 PM
You did a great job focusing, because the wings are in focus and the petals are not the butterfly is the main subject even thought my eye is drawn to the petals of the flower first. Also, the pink shadows the orange nicely. Nice choice on the diagonal composition as well.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/25/2004 04:38:08 PM
beautiful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/25/2004 05:36:17 AM
My favourite shot of the challenge, absolutely perfect. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/24/2004 08:42:18 PM
Beautiful colors and lighting. The focus is fine also.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S3000
 03/24/2004 03:40:04 PM
purple and background distracts
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/24/2004 11:16:49 AM
Great.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS 80D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 03/24/2004 08:02:55 AM
I absolutely love this shot. Excellent use of dof, great lighting, great composition. Excellent focus.... :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-D60
 03/24/2004 06:32:53 AM
Absolutely love it. Excellent shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/24/2004 04:01:42 AM
This is really good but it would have been great with a clean backdrop - so difficult to do outside.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Kodak DX6490
 03/24/2004 12:35:50 AM
Oh man... this is awesome!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Coolpix 885
 03/24/2004 12:24:35 AM
Wow, great photo. Awesome color, contrast and focus. Good lighting! 10!!
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