Monarch

Posted by ewpreston on Fri Feb 06, 2015 10:34 am

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Free-flying Monarch on Rough Blazing-Star, Iowa County, Wisconsin.

Nikon D4, 200mm Micro, TTL flash, tripod, 1/250sec, f/11, ISO 200. No crop.

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by jerryb on Fri Feb 06, 2015 6:17 pm

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Very Nice detail.
Nice that some made it up here last summer after hardly any the year before.

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by Tom Whelan on Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:57 pm

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Well-done diagonal composition, the perch is lovely, fine capture of the Monarch. Great position for the butterfly and perch.

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by Matthew Pugh on Sun Feb 08, 2015 5:44 am

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Hi

A fine composition of this excellent butterfly perch combination - I suspect you could have opened the aperture a tad and retained overall sharpness of the subject/perch at this image size, and hence blurred the surroundings a little more. But since the surrounds are already nicely isolated from the subject not a big issue

An enjoyable view

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by wtracyparnell on Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:13 am

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Excellent composition and perch, fine shot.

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by ewpreston on Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:28 am

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Matthew Pugh wrote:Hi

A fine composition of this excellent butterfly perch combination - I suspect you could have opened the aperture a tad and retained overall sharpness of the subject/perch at this image size, and hence blurred the surroundings a little more. But since the surrounds are already nicely isolated from the subject not a big issue

An enjoyable view

All the best
Matthew

I like the background. Solid green backgrounds get kind of boring after a while. Thanks for the feedback.

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by andre paul on Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:38 pm