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Spicebush Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
MaryO


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Collection: 2008-08 30 Days of Flowers
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Aug 22, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Floral, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Aug 23, 2008

Viewed: 445
Comments: 10
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 Day 234 of 30 Flowers

Back to the buttefly bush because I had one of my less common butterflies show up yesterday afternoon. LOVE the light coming through the wings in this one :-) Would have saved it for this month's FS except it has purple in it, and I think some people are a little burnt out on purple.

Had the 12mm extension tube on so I could get a little closer view of my visitor.

PP - converted from RAW, cropped, dodged/burnt butterfly and flower some, increased contrast, added border, resized, sharpened with noise reduction.

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 08/29/2008 12:22:32 AM
STUNNING.....
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 08/25/2008 02:05:39 PM
Beautiful, what a great detail on the bee, and really nice colors on the flower and background, Nicely done!
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 08/24/2008 12:01:00 PM
The light is extraordinary in this shot and the composition is just perfect. Excellent work.
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 08/24/2008 10:56:14 AM
My FS has purple in it, I guess I will take my chances. This is most excellent shot! I love the focus, the light and the composition. The green background stands out over the purple to me. Its a minor element in the overall show. I would enter it anyway!
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 08/23/2008 04:51:22 PM
Pretty darn nice :D
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 08/23/2008 03:34:01 PM
Ditto the Generalo, Great image, MaryO.
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 08/23/2008 02:13:42 PM
very nice. and the backlighting coming thru the wings does look terrific
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 08/23/2008 12:23:00 PM
That bush is magic - beautiful light, excellent edit.
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 08/23/2008 11:41:08 AM
Gorgeous backlighting in this!
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 08/23/2008 11:28:17 AM
I really like the little splash of color in the otherwise muted tones -- framing/composition looks great to me ...
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