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Collection: 2008-08 30 Days of Flowers
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Nikon
Location: Fairfax, VA
Date: Aug 18, 2008
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Aug 19, 2008

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Comments: 9
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 Day 20 of 30 Flowers

I *think* these are Pearl Crescents, although there is a small chance they are Northern Crescents. I got bleary-eyed trying to figure it out last night ;-) The 2nd one was following the first one all over the place, which was fun to watch so I had to try a few shots of them.

This was taken in the yard at the animal shelter while I was waiting for dogs to be brought out for my photographing pleasure. Thus I had my 28-75 animal portrait lens on, which is not optimal for itty-bitty butterflies who won't let me get very close. So this is like a 400% crop, or something insane like that. I am rather surprised it came out so well! Three cheers for the workhorse lens :-)

Here's the original (resized):



PP - converted from RAW, cropped insanely, 2nd layer (Gaussian blur, dodged butterflies and clover, merged in multiply mode at 30% transparency), USM, added border, resized, sharpened with slight noise reduction.

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 08/29/2008 12:25:58 AM
Another great capture from you.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4
 08/19/2008 11:41:11 PM
At the range and shutter speed that you shot this, you certainly got a sharp image, even with all the crop.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 08/19/2008 11:36:28 PM
wow! this is really nice.. perfect timing to get this lovely picture
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 08/19/2008 11:28:08 PM
Excellent..... Love the butterfly.....
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 08/19/2008 10:54:38 PM
you got a lot out of it, considering. maybeee a tad dark, not bad though!
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Canon EOS-7D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 08/19/2008 10:48:14 PM
Very, very soft and dreamy.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 08/19/2008 08:52:03 PM
meant to say .. it looks almost like they're swimming under water .. i'm in a hurry .. :)
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 08/19/2008 08:51:27 PM
dreamy and beautiful .. they look almost like they're under water .. love the way those butterflies look almost like flashes of light .. .. a gorgeous image ..:)
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 08/19/2008 02:31:20 PM
Nice capture of these butterflies.
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