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  1. 12-31-2006, 10:18 AM #1
    c.j.
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    African Butterfly - Tucson Botanical Gardens

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    Small Striped Swordtail Graphium policenes from Africa (subsaharan)

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    Thanks to John Rhodes, curator of the Butterfly Magic in the Gardens for the identification

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    More butterflies later…
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  2. 12-31-2006, 10:38 AM #2
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    Re: African Butterfly - Tucson Botanical Gardens

    Beautifull Specimen and well Captured C.J but theres something different with this one compared to your other work , it appears soft for some reason . Was this shot at high iso and then noise removed ? Please dont take this as critique ,i love the photo as is but i was just wondering
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  3. 12-31-2006, 10:39 AM #3
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    Re: African Butterfly - Tucson Botanical Gardens

    nice shot...........1800000 mm lens?? WOOT how many gajillion dollars does one of those cost? hehe
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  4. 12-31-2006, 11:27 AM #4
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    Re: African Butterfly - Tucson Botanical Gardens

    Quote Originally Posted by c.j.
    1800000 mm lens
    :lol: I need to get me one of those BEAUTIFUL image! :thumbsup:
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  5. 12-31-2006, 02:26 PM #5
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    Re: African Butterfly - Tucson Botanical Gardens

    He's just playing on a mistake he once made by calling his 180 F3.5 macro a 1800 and sense of humor is always welcome

    Great subject , angle, exposure , dof...... , but I do see the softness compared to previous posts. Is this shot through glass or maybe you edited differently?
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  6. 01-01-2007, 07:26 AM #6
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    Re: African Butterfly - Tucson Botanical Gardens

    I wish I could blame it on something, but it was simply 'biological interface error' or, I just plain missed the 'good shot'. Shooting butterflies inside on a cloudy day is tough! (at least for me!)


    I do want to add that it was quite an ego stroke for all the comments about it not being up to my 'usual quality'. I look at my shots from when I first got the camera to now and the improvement is due, in a large part, to the help everyone has offered in this forum.

    Critiques are welcome!!!!!!!



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  7. 01-01-2007, 07:45 AM #7
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    Re: African Butterfly - Tucson Botanical Gardens

    While I don't think I am a great photog, I know I can take an image quite well

    Yesterday every image I took was not good in my mind due to the lighting. So I fully understand what you mean.
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  8. 01-01-2007, 08:45 AM #8
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    Re: African Butterfly - Tucson Botanical Gardens

    It looks sharp to me - perhaps because it is not as parallel to the DOF as your usual shots, it doesn't seem as sharp.

    I like the lightness in the shadows. High contrast in images like this would kill it imo.
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