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Butterfly Lamentation
Butterfly Lamentation
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Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Date Uploaded: Jun 5, 2008

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I think this one was dying, he was just sitting in my driveway all sad and fluttery :(

REASON FOR PARTIAL DESATURATION:
hehe the poor guy was getting lost in the colour of the rocks :(

This was really the best I could do with this edit but I have a shocker planned for tomorrow :) hahaha

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06/06/2008 03:53:25 AM
You should have put it out of its misery - it's the humane thing. You could use sempermarine's flamethrower. ...or a can of WD40 and a lighter. ;-)

...just read your notes - a "shocker for tomorrow"? Maybe you did borrow that flamethrower.
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06/05/2008 11:42:12 PM
He's still a tad hard to pick out...can't wait to see the shocker! Was it early? Coolness really slows them down.
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06/05/2008 10:34:05 PM
aww
great PP and angle...looks is dragging her wings to her final destination...
great POV!
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06/05/2008 10:12:56 PM
His wings do look a bit battered, but swallowtails seem to be relatively docile so he might not have been in too bad of shape. Lighting looks a little bit harsh, but insects don't cooperate very well so it's quite understandable.
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06/05/2008 08:22:45 PM
Reminds me of
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06/05/2008 08:03:07 PM
That's quite sad. I'm not 100% sold on the selective desaturation (or I'm assuming that's in the photo, if not you have a *very* grey drive way.

I think it's because the butterfly isn't brightly coloured enough to be clearly seperated from the grey.

Still a very nice capture.
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