My first attempt

Buster6X6 · Post by **Buster6X6** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:05 pm

I have to learn a lot but my humble beginning from Butterfly Conservatory in Waterloo/Ontario.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:28 pm

Looks good from here!

One small comment about posting images... You need to put some space between images or the page format can get messed up. As originally written, your post ended up creating a very wide page that wouldn't fit on most monitors.

What usually works well is to just stick a blank line between images. I've edited your post to do that here.

Also, remember that there's a Preview button. You can click that to see what your post will look like, before clicking Submit.

Thanks for posting -- I look forward to more.

--Rik

Craig Gerard · Post by **Craig Gerard** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:11 pm

I like the wing motion in the first image (not sure of the scientific term). Saturation is slightly too 'rich' in that particular image.

Do you recall the shutter speed used for the first image. I'd be curious to know just how fast the butterfly's wings are 'flapping'.
A quick search indicates around 80 to 100 beats per second.

Craig

twebster · Post by **twebster** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:28 pm

This is a nice set of images for your first posts. I especially like images #2 and #3. You kept the whole butterfly wings in good focus by keeping the camera parallel to the wings. That is good technique. Well done.

Buster6X6 · Post by **Buster6X6** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:13 pm

Rik,Craig and Tim Thank you for the comments. Craig ISO400 f11 1/60sec. The top butterfly was bumping the one on the bottom it happened fast for about 20 sec so I had to catch it at the right moment. He went down at least 6-7 times
Thanks Rikfor adjusting the images.

Greg

SONYNUT · Post by **SONYNUT** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:01 pm

nice deep color

DeVil · Post by **DeVil** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:23 am

Very nice shots