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Posted by Mike Umscheid on Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:34 pm

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Queen Butterfly, female, about 40 minutes after emerging from chrysalis. Photographed indoors.  Lighting: two 50W SoLux "natural daylight" (3500K) lamps. Please left-click for 1100px version. Thanks for comments/crits!

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by Markus Jais on Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:31 pm
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Fantastic colors in the butterfly. Works perfect with the dark background.
First I thought it should be moved further to the right but after looking at it a bit I think I like the center placement better!

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by Mike Umscheid on Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:25 pm
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Markus Jais wrote:Fantastic colors in the butterfly. Works perfect with the dark background.
First I thought it should be moved further to the right but after looking at it a bit I think I like the center placement better!

Markus
Thank you Markus. I struggled a bit with a crop (and aspect ratio).  I just thought center crop from 4:5 aspect ratio fit my taste the best.. glad you agree!  -Mike
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by wtracyparnell on Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:40 pm
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I like the lighting here and it looks very good for an indoor setup, very pleasing color. I also like the central placement but I would crop a little tighter if possible. Very good shot though.
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by quintfineartphoto on Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:37 pm
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Lovely shot. Hard to find Monarchs these days.
 

by PaiR on Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:51 pm
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Very nicely captured. What a great moment it must be watch the butterfly emerging from the chrysalis !. If this were mine, I'd check if a tighter crop would suit this better.
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by Tom Whelan on Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:31 pm
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Excellent lighting and lovely detail - I think a vertical composition would be best.
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by Matthew Pugh on Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:59 am
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Hi

A cool shot to capture - well done

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by crw816 on Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:56 pm
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This would be really nice with a vertical crop. Nice colors that jump out of the image. Very cool moment to capture.
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