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Butter on orange


Butter on orange
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Copyright: Pedro Oliveira (mr_pedro) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 447 W: 212 N: 372] (4644)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-12-02
Categories: Macro, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Camera: Nikon D300, Nikon AF-S VR 105 mm Micro 2.8
Exposure: f/16, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-12-08 4:56
Viewed: 691
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
And this is another macro shot in the zoo.
For a dark indoor shot one would normally choose a wider aperture like for example f/4. However if I would have shot this butterfly at f/4 it would have given me a DOF of 1 mm (0.04 Inch). By choosing an aperture of f/16 the DOF increases to 4 mm (0.16 Inch) still not much, but just enough for most of the butterfly to be in focus. It still means one needs to focus on the right part of the butterfly, otherwise the head is not in focus.
And when we use f/16 instead of f/4, we will have 16 times less light. So that's why a flash is needed to get fast enough shutter speeds to handhold the camera and to stop the motion of the butterfly.


Pedro
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Hello Perdo,
Very useful information on the notes. You cave caught this butterfly spot on with precise DoF and brilliant clarity. Well done.
Regards,
Jusni

Wow! This is impressive! Very good macro, very sharp and all the little flys sharing that juicy orange.
Nice shallow dof.
Very well done on the pp.

Take care, Yan :)

Grandiose !!
Parfaite, cette photo est sublime..
Le cadrage me plait beaucoup..
bravo
Cyril

Wow! Great macro, Pedro! Stunning focus and details! I could see the very very small fruit flies. The butterfly's antenna is so detailed. I like the bokeh and the blurred background. The orange on the foreground is so vivid in color. Exposure is well managed.
Bravo!
Freddie :)

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  • tibig Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 657 W: 26 N: 681] (7565)
  • [2007-12-08 7:47]

Nice macro shot, correct technical information. The small flies add interest to the picture.
Regards,
Tibi

Hi Mr Pedro,
For this shot, I don't have any better words than the words written above by TL friends.

A lot of photographer out there are capable in doing great macro as you did here. But giving a useful information about the shot is making your post even greater. I wish I could give two smiles for you...

Thank you very much Mr. Pedro,
Ramdan

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  • korbee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1401 W: 0 N: 1708] (13735)
  • [2007-12-08 11:51]

De fruit vliegjes zijn zelf goed zichtbaar!
Super Pedro.
jan

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  • janneman Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 410 W: 4 N: 158] (1014)
  • [2007-12-08 13:36]

Weerom een prachtige foto Pedro !
Informatieve nota, bedankt.

Groetjes
Jan

Hallo pedro..
Nice Picture and..shot!
regards,
Ella
:)

Hoi Pedro,
Geweldige macro man! Superb capture with excellent colours so an special and attractive image in my opinion. Particular the black&white butterfly is a striking part of the sharp picture. It look like it has some company of other little bugs :-)
Hans

:) Later...

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  • k-2 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 632 W: 13 N: 491] (3541)
  • [2008-03-15 8:20]

Thanks for the photo and especially the detailed explanation. Zoos can be great places to learn more. TFS. K2

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