Butterflies again

doenoe · Post by **doenoe** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:02 pm

Hey Guys
Havent been on lately, cause i havent made alot of pics. But i went to the zoo again today and offcourse i had to visit the butterfly garden.
I shot these with a 350D in one hand and a Speedlite 430EX in the other. The flash was fired wirelessly with a Cactus flash trigger. Settings: ISO100, 1/200, F13. The flash was set at 1/4.
Here they are:
#1

#2

#3

Thanks for looking
Greetz Daan

Michigan Michael · Post by **Michigan Michael** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:21 pm

Beautiful photography, Daan. The last two are especially well done.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:33 pm

Heck I like all three of em'! These are really great

Aynia · Post by **Aynia** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:45 am

Wow. These are great.

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:09 am

Lovely shots. The second, with the black of the wings sometimes indistinguishable from the dark background, gives an interesting abstract element. I have to say that the same element of the caterpillar, otherwise superbly lit, gives me some kind of visual conflict.

Harold

doenoe · Post by **doenoe** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:50 pm

Yeah, i never noticed that black spot on top of its head (thats what you're talking about right?) It blends in right with the background. I probably needed a second flash, to backlit it a bit. Would have seperated it from the background. But elas, i only got 2 hands and 1 flash. Have to figure out something to solve this.......which means i have to go to the butterfly exhibit again. Oh, life is harsh

Thanks for the comments everyone

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:56 am

Yes, that's the spot! A caterpillar with e.g. a leaf fairly close in the background would not give such a problem.

Harold

doenoe · Post by **doenoe** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:46 am

that could be a solution, but then i loose the black background. Oh, the choices in life

Cyberspider · Post by **Cyberspider** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:33 pm

very good shots of clearwing moths...

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:48 pm

Markus, since you asked about English terms...

Cyberspider wrote:very good shots of clearwing moths...

In English, these are called "butterflies" --- the lepidoptera with clubbed antennae that fly in the daytime.

"Moths" are all the other lepidoptera, except for the "skippers", which are sort of intermediate.

And they are indeed very good shots!

--Rik

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:54 am

Just to add to Rik's point: They are some of the more evolved speicies, with the forelegs vestigial.

Harold

Cyberspider · Post by **Cyberspider** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:26 pm

thank you...but claerwingis correct?

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:06 pm

Yes, "clearwing" is correct English. See for example http://bugguide.net/node/view/2638 . The word can be used either as a noun or as an adjective.

--Rik

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:00 am

Superb shots-love those clearwings! I failed to see any of those when i visited our Butterfly World

doenoe · Post by **doenoe** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:04 am

Thanks for the replies everybody

In the beginning when i started visiting the exhibit, there werent alot of the clearwings around. But nowadays, you see them all the time. Its a pretty cool butterfly too photograph, can be a bit tricky sometimes. But thats all part of the hobby