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Challenge: Masters' Free Study II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Ragged Point, CA
Date: Nov 8, 2008
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Nov 2, 2008

 Taken at Ragged Point, CA, near Big Sur. This plant, Pride of Madeira, is very attractive to butterflies. Funny thing, though, they all congregated to this one plant, while there were others nearby without any butterflies. It was like a butterfly orgy.

Converted from raw, adjusted exposure. In PSE, levels, slight sat, cloned out some imperfections on wings, dodged, burned, and saturated on wings. Resized, USM, and saved for web.

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Place: 60 out of 170
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Votes: 334
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/07/2008 11:22:49 PM
Great capture, nice clarity, 9.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/07/2008 04:33:39 PM
Wow. The colors! Great capture. 8
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
 12/07/2008 11:05:44 AM
Yet another terrific image..
Exceptional!!!!!
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Leica M10
Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical MF - Black
 12/06/2008 12:16:27 PM
good find. nice play of colors too.
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 12/04/2008 06:20:38 PM
The clarity and colour in this is magnificent. I would only wish for a slightly less central composition and perhaps more dramatic lighting.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 12/03/2008 10:14:02 PM
The first thing that caught my eyes was the color of the flowers. And the butterflies are perfectly in focus.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 12/03/2008 09:20:50 AM
Superb 9
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 12/02/2008 10:59:09 AM
How nice!! I might have placed the flower more on a diagonal, but that's just my personal preference for diagonal compositions.
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Sony Alpha a7R II
Pentax A 50mm f/1.4 MF
 12/02/2008 12:42:48 AM
nice opportunity, what interesting flowers...
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Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 12/01/2008 12:58:31 PM
This is quite beautiful and a great capture. I think I would like it even better with a square crop.
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