On a fir-tree

Posted by Gilles-27 on Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:40 am

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I wanted to capture a butterfly on a fir-tree as I had seen it done only once, so I trekked out to my favourite loaction as there were many little fir-trees on the field and waited for a BF to sit on it. This is the result. All critiques and opinions grately apprecited.

D60 with Sigma 300 F4
F5,6, 1/2000, ISO 200.

Sven Začek
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by eagle43 on Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:30 am

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Very nicely done Sven. You found your subject and a very pleasing BG as well. Of couse we all would like to have more DOF in our marco work, but that's not always possible in the field.

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by Wil Hershberger on Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:34 am

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Very very nice. The comp and colors are great. A little more DOF would be nice but with the butterfly all in focus it isn't necessary. I would be tempted to apply a curved adjustment to punch it up a little. The brightness, contrast and saturation are a little low. Easily fixed.
Thanks for posting this beautiful shot,

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by chris earle on Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:52 am

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I think Wil's comments are right on. A slight increase in DOF and a little boost to the colors and this is awesome. Still very nice as is.

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by Michael Brown on Wed Jul 28, 2004 11:31 am

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That little boost Wil mentioned would make this awesome composition standout even more.
Excellent shot still!

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by Wayne Nicholas on Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:25 pm

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I agree with what Wil said. Also, I agree that more DOF would be nice to tweak the shot. But, it would an improvement on an already nice image. Well done.

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