Heliconius hecale


Posted by Tom Whelan on Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:09 am

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A favorite tropical butterfly of mine, taken at a butterfly conservatory:
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Canon 10D, 300/4 + 1.4TC + ext, F13, 1/50, fill flash

The day after I took this, I went out in the field and saw a new species. I love seeing tropicals like this one, but butterfly conservatories just aren't as exciting an experience. In a photo it's all the same, I suppose!
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by Carol Clarke on Tue Nov 04, 2003 9:34 am
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Very nice image Tom, for my personal taste I would decrease the green a little in PS, but nice as is.
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by Matt Cox on Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:50 pm
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Excellent, Tom. Very nice subject, great composition, exposure, and background. I like all the sharp detail on the leaf he is posed on -- only nit is the bright OOF antennae in the middle of the frame -- I'm surprised it's not sharp given the DOF in the rest of the image.
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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:07 am
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I like this shot a lot! I have some similar ones from when I was in your neck of the woods :)
 

by Karen S on Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:30 pm
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Very nice....great detail in the leaf and a very nice BG.
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by Bill Keown on Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:08 pm
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Very nice.

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by NDCheryl on Sat Nov 08, 2003 11:36 pm
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Well done. Beautiful butterfly.
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by Juli Wilcox on Tue Nov 11, 2003 2:26 am
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This is luscious! On my mac monitor, the colors sing! I love it!
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