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cfcRebel
23rd of August 2005 (Tue), 18:38
Shooting with Dragonslayer last Saturday. Saw this nice little skipper on a flower and willing to pose. C/C welcome.

ISO 400
1/200s
f8
363mm with 68mm tubes
Flash used
skade
23rd of August 2005 (Tue), 18:51
Nice capture! The colour of that flower is just beautiful!
stoneylonesome
23rd of August 2005 (Tue), 19:08
WOW! beauty of a shot, sharp as a tack.
Dragonslayer
23rd of August 2005 (Tue), 19:37
Celia's road-side skipper here, Nice work with this shot considering the number of skeeters eating at us while you were trying to shoot this. Love the compositon here and the image works nicely as you have posted it.

I would suggest not compressing the image this much and keep it closer to the 100k as this is under 50k and you can start seeing some blocky artifacts in the image here lowering it's level of sharpness.
BearLeeAlive
23rd of August 2005 (Tue), 20:09
Great take, lovely composition with the flower and bud.
cfcRebel
23rd of August 2005 (Tue), 21:09
Thanks Sandi, Sandy, Eric, Jim.
You are right. I saw the side effect of the jpeg compression. I'll keep that in mind next time when i resize. ;)
mrclark321
23rd of August 2005 (Tue), 21:14
Another great shot Rebel!!

Dan
dancad
23rd of August 2005 (Tue), 21:18
Beautiful shot, Rebel. The shadow created by the flash makes the skipper nicely seperated from the flower.
tupe
24th of August 2005 (Wed), 05:18
Beautiful color and composition, Fee. What a tongue on that rascal!
Reigh Higgins
24th of August 2005 (Wed), 05:26
Nice shot,thanks for sharing.
Airedale1
24th of August 2005 (Wed), 09:16
Another very nice capture.
cfcRebel
24th of August 2005 (Wed), 09:35
Thanks Dan, Dan, Joe, Reigh, Airedale. I appreciate your comment very much.
pxl8
24th of August 2005 (Wed), 10:29
For me the flash has flattened everything a little too much. I think I would have preferred it with more natual light and just a gentle fill. Colour balance could use a bit of warming as well.

The jpeg compression has given the whole thing a muddy appearance.

I think it's a nice shot but needs some work in post to find its full potential, if you want email me the original and I'll have a play.

Andy
cfcRebel
24th of August 2005 (Wed), 12:17
Thanks for the comment Andy. The ambient light was actually quite dim that morning. Without flash I couldn't get enough SS to avoid subject motion blurr because of the breeze.
Can u PM me your email so I can send u the original? Thanks again.