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Love is in the Air
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Challenge: Best of 2011 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Aug 2, 2011
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/2000
Date Uploaded: Jan 22, 2012

 Monarchs mating. I spent HOURS watching and photographing these guys after I figured out I had a girl and boy in the garden. This was the moment that most astounded me, when he took off with them still connected. Looks like it must hurt! I did find Monarch caterpillars on my Milkweed a few weeks later, but sadly none of them made it to the butterfly stage. Next year I may kidnap some caterpillars and raise them inside till they're ready to fly.

PP - cropped, white balance, levels, colored/cloned out white spot in background, colored female butterfly more orange, dodged/burnt butterflies, increased contrast and saturation, desaturated some butterfly bits, reduced noise, touched up a couple of sensor dust spots, vignette, resized, sharpened, added border.

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Place: 222 out of 410
Avg (all users): 5.7773
Avg (commenters): 7.5833
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Views since voting: 567
Views during voting: 411
Votes: 229
Comments: 14
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 02/24/2012 05:18:51 AM
Snap with the lens btw :)
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 02/24/2012 05:17:14 AM
10, and totally underrated IMO. This is not easy to do, even with (hours) a few hundred attempts...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/23/2012 02:40:17 PM
Very difficult capture....you did great!!!
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 02/22/2012 09:38:44 AM
A little too much space in my view.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 02/18/2012 05:52:59 PM
remarkable
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Pentax K5II
Pentax SMC DA 55-300mm F4.5-5.8ED
02/18/2012 02:10:53 PM
Nice nice catch.
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Canon EOS 80D
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 02/17/2012 11:21:21 PM
Privacy, please! It is hard enough to capture one of these nicely, let alone get two of them mid-air.
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Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 02/17/2012 01:16:45 PM
Honey Bees bumble
Flutterby Butterfly tumble
Spring sings
Romance is in the wings

Love the bold orange hue that just pops off the soft greens. The capture of the two butterflies in a twirled flight is not an easy feat. Congrats on being able to get this shot. The colors, the flowers, the twirled flight all sing spring to me.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/14/2012 11:50:00 PM
Wow - fantastic capture - nicely done!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Canon Mount
02/14/2012 07:37:45 AM
YOU MAY NOT: submit a photograph depicting male or female genitalia, or acts of sex deemed inappropriate by a majority of the Site Council.

that was a joke by the way :)
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Apple iPhone 16 Pro
Sony E 50mm f/1.8
 02/13/2012 08:28:10 PM
awesome, almost even abstract if one ventured to go there... love the antennae :)
9 10
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/13/2012 10:01:38 AM
Fantastic capture. Deserves to be in National Geographic.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/11/2012 06:21:40 PM
wonderful detail and colors
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 02/10/2012 09:32:23 AM
NG worthy, stunning shot.
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