Motif: Orange Sulphur


Posted by Tom Whelan on Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:59 pm

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Despite the name, it's a yellow butterfly:
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The upperside of the butterfly does have some orange, but you only get brief glimpses of the upperside when they are on the wing. This particular butterfly from last fall was a beautiful saturated yellow on the underside, a color I find pretty hard to capture.
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by Michael Brown on Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:08 pm
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You are absolutely right Tom!
Capturing the color yellow is a tough little cookie on its own to crack sometimes. You really nailed this one, in that it is not even close to being dull, and its not blown out neither. Perfect!!
Killer background, wonderful comp, outstanding details, excellent lighting, ........ what more could you want!!

Yep, .............. I like it!! 8)
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by Lisa Gimber on Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:58 pm
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WOW!!!!!!!! This is beautiful, Tom! :D :D :D :D :D

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by Matthew Pugh on Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:15 am
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Hi Tom
Excellent shot and the colouring looks fantastic, a good job of getting a nice clean BG and a nice eye level shot that close to the ground. Certainly an image it would be hard not to enjoy.

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by Wil Hershberger on Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:28 am
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Excellent. You certainly did a great job here. I love the color.
Thanks for sharing,
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by D7avid on Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:14 pm
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An extremely colorful shot..nice one
 

by Herman Blockx on Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:48 am
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a great motif shot! no nits from me!
 

by jorgedelucca on Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:54 am
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Fantastic shot!!! This is truely wonderful!
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by Steve Sage on Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:41 pm
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Sweet! I like this a lot.
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