Sweety's Butterfly

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• germma (8796)
• [2008-04-15 0:50]

Good morning Hans,
wonderfull image, fantastic details and colours, great work, excellent macro shoot!

Regards!

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• Helkoryo (19160)
• [2008-04-15 0:51]

Good morning Hansie

A superb capture here my friend and very kind of you to post this for poor sweety I immagine those big cats gave her quite a fright. Wonderful colour and DOF here and excellent choice of framing too

TFS regards Smurfie

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• Fons (10892)
• [2008-04-15 0:52]

heel mooi vlinderke op een lief bloemetje..scherp in beeld..wat wil je nog meer!

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• wieyos (4120)
• [2008-04-15 1:10]

Hi Hans,

bright colours on beautiful subjects. very lovely perch of the b-fly.

great clarity & sharpness.

TFS
Regards
Agoes

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• Janone (16413)
• [2008-04-15 1:19]
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Goede morgen Hans.
Not bad atall. Did you use 'spot' metering ? Always try to focus on the head. With al smaller aperture the sharpness will ingrease too. Af course, dont need to tell you.
I'm very glad my Olympus having steady shot, but pictures like this you needs luck alwell.
The frame colours suits the picture excellent.
Ik Penang (Malaysia) zijn we ook in een prachtige Butterfly Grden geweest, wel bloed warm daar binnen, resultaten nog niet nagekeken.
Hier bij Goes hebben we de grootste en mooiste Butterfly garden van Nederland volgens de eigenaar.
Komt dat zien.!!!
Groeten uit Bergen op Zoom, sniff.!
Jan

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• jusninasirun (6956)
• [2008-04-15 1:25]

Hello Hans. Excellent image of the butterfly perched well on the gorgeous red flower. Stunning image well presented in vertical format. I like the tasteful framing too. Well done and best regards. Jusni

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• jone (15540)
• [2008-04-15 1:25]

Hi Hans ;)
FANTASTIC...Compliments,
Best regards,
J ;)

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• lynnekelman (760)
• [2008-04-15 1:44]

What a lovely shot--the colour just pops---really well caught,just beautiful--Lynne

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• puffy (16248)
• [2008-04-15 2:30]

Thank you my dear Hans...

It is a very special shot...:D love the colours here, excellent sharpness and details, great dof too, I feel honor...:D I like it very much. Thank you my friend,

Have a wonderful day,

Cheers,
Sweety

p.s just came back from Airport... did see this early...:D Thanks again,

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• Ejtaan (8765)
• [2008-04-15 2:44]

jaaah.. deze is echt heel mooi gelukt Groene... prachtig van kleur en toch nog een prettig scherpe plaat...

Gr.,
Anneke

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• chrisJ (26027)
• [2008-04-15 3:16]

Hi Hans

Good sharpness & colour in this superb floral macro with excellent dof on the butterfly. Superb contrast, & tfs!

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• kiwi_explorer (2621)
• [2008-04-15 3:33]

Hi Hans,
The quality of this image is fantastic ... very sharp. Color quality and DOF are also very good. Wonderfully captured and presented. Well done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

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• Ramdan (3966)
• [2008-04-15 4:41]

Hello Hans
Very nice and beautiful. I really like the dof and vivid colors here. Your creative framing, with choice of red line had really further enhanced the beauty of your photo. Great post, my friend.
Regards,
Ramdan.

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• PierreFrigon (15387)
• [2008-04-15 4:51]

Beautiful.
Excellent capture.
Excellent sharpness, composition and details.
Well seen
Piet

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• ariw (2091)
• [2008-04-15 5:07]

Hi Hans, understand that it isn't easy to shoot flying creature especially butterfly or dragonfly, it needs our patience and passion. I would use high speed to shoot them, around 1/1000 or even at 1/2000 to avoid camera shaky or blur images as they will be moving very quickly. By the way nice shot and the flower is the same as in my garden, I think it is everywhere around the world and I often notice that butterflies do like this flower a lot. Regards, ari

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• milas (21281)
• [2008-04-15 8:01]

Merhaba myfriend Hans....
Beautiful composition with great macro. The color are very great. Excellent photo. Well done
Regards
Selamlar

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• vsinopoulos (12824)
• [2008-04-15 10:37]

Hi Hans,

Lovely shot, great DOF, colors, selective focus and details. Nice presentation!
Greetings my friend,
tfs,
Vassilis

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• mvdisco (14938)
• [2008-04-15 11:32]

Hi Hans,
Lovely macro picture and great colors and sharp picture, Beautiful butterfly and details, Excellent POV. and well framed,,
Michel

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• kokos101 (24129)
• [2008-04-15 11:42]
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hello hans!
excellent butterfly photo, nice colors and great DOF, i like it.
tfs
zoran

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• Silke (21202)
• [2008-04-15 15:14]
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This has such a wonderful glow!
Superb composition and details, but it is the glow that draws me in over and over again
TFS
silke

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• mortcdz (4946)
• [2008-04-15 15:24]

Beautiful colours and composition, and as you already know the details aren't as sharp as they could be - focal point seems to be the buds in front of the butterfly. Still an eyecatching picture.
Thanks for sharing
Mark

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• azaf1 (3835)
• [2008-04-15 23:09]

Hi Hans
Excellent cloze up, in vibrant and strong colors and great sharpness
TFS
Argiris

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• ceslou (4145)
• [2008-04-15 23:30]

I love the colors and your composition on this one. Well captured. Indeed you are an artist ! Interesting gallery as well. I'm a little bit disturbed with the framing though.

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• lilimih33 (12549)
• [2008-04-16 1:52]

Hello Hans!
Great composition for Sweety!
Beautiful butterfly and excellent colours!
Lovely capture!
Best regards!
Lili

...I return... :)

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• shelbeesmom (30223)
• [2008-04-16 6:49]

My favorite way of shooting butterflies is to get down on their level. I sit IN the path of flowers and just be still and wait....and watch for snakes! This is very nice Hans! he posed for you nicely. On my end the colors are way too strong, the reds are blasted out..I have to check my settings again! ARG!!
Nice shot!
B-)
Linda

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• janneman (801)
• [2008-04-16 6:56]

Kleuren, compositie, scherpte, ... allemaal heel mooi Hans,
behalve de scherptediepte.
Die had, voor mij, groter mogen wezen : de bloem waarop de vlinder zit, de pootjes en het achterlijf beginnen al te
vervagen en laat dit nu net het " zwaartepunt " van je
foto wezen.
Gewoon mijn idee hé Hans !

Groetjes
Jan

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• Mitra (6946)
• [2008-04-16 9:54]

Wonderful image, fantastic details & colours.Excellent macro shot. Well done.
Mitra

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• korbee (6951)
• [2008-04-16 10:05]

Prachtige kleuren en heel mooi gefocused Hans,je kiest telkens andere onderwerpen,vind ik knap.
jan

Zaterdag ziet er niet goed uit,zondag denk ik wel,ik ga je eind van de week nog effe bellen daarover.
jan

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• macgarret1 (1252)
• [2008-04-16 13:24]

Hello Hans,
A splendid close-up picture this. The colours are beautiful and so is the lighting, and everything is nice and sharp where it should be.
Well done!
Bill

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• kickback (7746)
• [2008-04-16 16:47]

hi hans, awesome shot, great colors and composition, nice work!
tfs,
scott

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• Hendrika (16016)
• [2008-04-16 22:25]

Good morning Hans,

Now that is a sweet thing to do for Sweety!

And indeed this one is 90% perfect - the other 10% - maybe shorter shuttertime? How is it that you can use the macro option with focal length 240, I thought you can only use that on 300?
O ja - tips - soms gewoon je pocket camera gebruiken - nee echt, serieus, als je er dichtbij genoeg kan komen kan je de macro of super macro functie gebruiken.......

TFS this sweet picture.

Els

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• coquelicot79 (7207)
• [2008-04-17 17:56]

Hello, toujours Cockie
After the force, here the delicacy of a butterfly. But always also beautiful even if it's not the same type of animal. The colors are sparkling and the incredible details on butterfly, cheer my friend, it's still and always very beautiful work, congratulations.
Bises

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• joopschotsman (3207)
• [2008-04-18 11:41]

Ja, hiermee heb je het wel weer goedgemaakt bij Sweety. Erg mooie plaat met mooie kleuren. Bijpassend frame. NOG scherper moet een vlinder niet zijn, want ze zien er in het echt ook niet scherp uit. :-)
groeten,
Joop!

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• mr_pedro (4423)
• [2008-05-03 5:57]

Hi Hans,

Color and composition look nice. If I want to be really picky I could complain about the red parts of the flower that leave the frame. It would be nicer to clone these bits out and have only green leaving the frame. (funny how I now start to notice these things with other people's shots, next step is to also apply it to my own :))

So as a painting it looks fine. However as a macro shot of a butterfly it does not have enough details (sharpness). About tips, it would be helpful to leave the exif information in the image. You were probably using flash already, in which case you can just as well stop down the lens a little more for more DOF.

It could also very well be that this is simply a limitation of the lens you are using.


TFS,
Pedro

(out of greenies)