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Orange-tailed Awl

Posted by Bluesteel on Mon May 21, 2012 9:55 pm

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An early raiser at Lubuk Tapah river side greeting the first ray of sun filtering through the gaps of the forest .

Bibasis senna uniformis ( Orange-tailed Awl )

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8th May 2012, Endau Rompin National Park , Malaysia
ISO1000 1/15s F/14 , Fill-flashed , Handheld resting on rock.

Cheers!
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by KK Hui on Tue May 22, 2012 2:29 am
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Superb detail as well as color, Sunny!
How much fill if you would please?
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by Carol Clarke on Tue May 22, 2012 2:50 am
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Beautiful image in your own distinctive style Sunny. Excellent as always!
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by Bluesteel on Tue May 22, 2012 3:40 am
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Double posted!
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by Bluesteel on Tue May 22, 2012 3:42 am
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Thanks KK Hui and Carol !

Glad you both like the image!

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Superb detail as well as color, Sunny!
How much fill if you would please?


KK,

1D3 was in AV mode, EX580 was in auto fill-flash mode with flash pointing direct at the butterfly without any diffuser.


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by CactusD on Tue May 22, 2012 3:45 am
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One of your best. And amazing work with no diffuser!
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Hi

I keep saying this but well it is stunning – a wonderful butterfly, a great pose, and a beautiful image

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by trstenjak on Tue May 22, 2012 9:48 am
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Fine details on this specimen and gorgeus colors. I like how it turned out without diffuser. What was the distance?
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by Bluesteel on Tue May 22, 2012 12:07 pm
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Thanks CatusD, Matthew and trstenjak!

The subject is fairly small , it was about a foot from the from of the lens .


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Stunning image and butterfly - the oranges edges glow.
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by D7avid on Wed May 23, 2012 8:12 pm
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Wow !You have great looking creatures in your part of the world...and you do a great job of photographing them

by Bluesteel on Sun May 27, 2012 10:15 pm
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Thank you D7avid!

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