Butterfly Close Up

[whowie]

Comments please....

http://whowie.photosite.com/Macro/Butterflies/Butterfly__5.jpg

Camera Model: Canon PowerShot G3
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: 2.5
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: External E-TTL
Flash EF guide number: 3.72
Flash exposure compensation: -1
Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: Auto
Lens: 7.0 to 28.0 mm
Focal length: 7.0mm
Subject distance: 0.200 m
Macro focus: On
AF mode: Single AF
Image size: 2272 x 1704
Image quality: Lossless
White balance: Auto
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Picture Effect: Normal

Plus Tiffen +4 Macro Filter

[cgratti]

Nice shot, but would have been nicer seeing him on a flower or something other than the pavement. Also, you could have gotten a bit wider to see the wings, since they are so colorful.

But still nice capture.

[whowie]

Thanks, cgratti. I agree it would look nicer if it were on a flower or plant but...the museum sort of frowns on folks handling the live butterflies. :)

Also, I cropped the rest of the wings off because they were either outside the DOF or the butterfly decided to move them at the precise moment I took the shot. Anyway, they were not quite sharp.

Thanks for the comments. Much appreciated.