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• claudine (9473)
• [2006-08-28 6:07]

Ji Jaap,
The details here are amazing. We can perfeclty see his little tongue and eye! Wow. Excellent macro with great colors and composition! TFS,
Claudine

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• vanderschelden (24753)
• [2006-08-28 6:16]
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Jaap,
Mooie foto maar we moeten natuurlijk een beetje kritisch blijven;-).
Enkele minpuntjes zijn de 'OE look' op het blad van de bloem en de lichte oogonscherpte van de vlinder. Plus... ik heb het niet zo begrepen op flitslicht vandaar ook wellicht die lichte OE op de bloem en de donkere partij in de overigens perfecte achtergrond.
Een hele boterham om toch maar te zegge en schrijve dat het een leuke en allesbehalve ondermaatse foto is.
Groeten;-)
Annick

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• takos1 (2569)
• [2006-08-28 7:13]

Bellissima foto Jaap!
Bellissima la trama della farfalla, ottima composizione e colori stupendi, bravo!

Ciao e grazie.
Franco

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• wkshelton (5492)
• [2006-08-28 7:21]

Jaap, excllent colors, Bg, POV DOF perfect details, excllent use of DOF perfect work, TFS Kyle

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• jmp (8394)
• [2006-08-28 7:24]

Hi Jaap,
Great details, pov and light. This bf has a lovely drawing and colors and you have captured then perfectly.
TFS, José M.

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• AdrianW (708)
• [2006-08-28 7:26]

Good shot Jaap! You've captured this beautiful butterfly well. Exposure's spot on. I think I might be tempted to tone down the nearest petal a fraction though, it's bright enough to be marginally distracting. DOF is good, although I'd have gone to f/8 for the antennae. I might be tempted to sharpen this one a bit more - you can get more detail out of the scales on the wings if you use a bit of SmartSharpen - say 75% @ 0.8px, but sharpening is a matter of taste as always. That said it's really nicely done - it almost jumped off the front page :D

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• scottevers7 (12253)
• [2006-08-28 7:35]

Hi Jaap,
An excellent shot on this Lacewing Butterfly. Your frame filling composition looks beautiful. The exposure is spot on with the colors and detail looking very good. Nice DOF has a great OOF backround!
Scott

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• Alex99 (13775)
• [2006-08-28 7:52]

Hi Jaap.
BRAVO. It's really outstanding picture. I'm delighted. Paints of the shot are clean and brilliant. Blurriness of BG and minor objects are superb. Sharpness and details of butterfly and flower are excellent. As a whole your picture is tremendous. My congratulations and best regards.
Alexei.

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• clnaef (6125)
• [2006-08-28 7:52]

Bonjour,
On pourrait croire que ce papillon a fait une pose pour la photo.
Bonne journée
clnaef

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2006-08-28 8:22]

Hello Jaap,
I think this close up is the best with your new equipments.Vivid colors,clear details,POV,BG,framing and composition are wonderful.Excellent work!
TFS...:-)

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• Graal (4944)
• [2006-08-28 8:52]

Hi jaap,
beautiful wings of b-fly. Good colours and DOF. Excellent details, interesting note. Well done.
Rgs, Aleksander

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• hester (10762)
• [2006-08-28 8:58]

This is a really beautiful butterfly. I love the colours and details in the wings. Good DOF, POV and composition

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• Luciano75 (218)
• [2006-08-28 9:48]

Hello Jaap
Wonderful butterfly...lovely colours,POV,sharpness and details...TFS
Best regards

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• joaoberto (633)
• [2006-08-28 9:54]

Hi Jaap,
Beautiful picture of this butterfly! Very nice colours and detail! Very good composition too! Well done!

Regards,
João

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• ddg (4959)
• [2006-08-28 9:57]

Hi Jaap, well caught this Butterfly, the prominent position of insect onthe flower gives relief a lot. For me , perhaps a bit overexposed!! Overall: good shot. Congratulations, Didier.

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• ellis49 (28609)
• [2006-08-28 10:53]

Hi Jaap,
this is a beauty and you hve captured very good.
Well exposed, good details and lovely warm colours.
I like the shallow DOF too, the butterfly is well seen from the BG.
Excellent work, my friend.

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• TAZ (10896)
• [2006-08-28 11:11]

What a lovely and interesting butterfly that you have very well captured ! Composition, colors, exposure, BG, DOF and sharpness are super ! I also appreciate the instructive note... Congratulations Jaap and thanks for sharing.

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• liquidsunshine (11474)
• [2006-08-28 12:01]

A brilliant capture Jaap.
The details are nice, clear and sharp.
superb colours, lighting and exposure. DOF is spot on and the POV is good.
Well composed and well framed.
Thanks for posting, have a great week.

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• Dando (3052)
• [2006-08-28 13:45]

Hi Jaap, great shot. The colours and details are execellent. A well composed image with good lighting. Well done with your combination, great work.
Dean.

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• wuta (2032)
• [2006-08-28 13:48]

Hello Jaap , Exelent shot , a beautifull butterfly , sharpnes compositie details pov and dof ar very good ,and nice framing , Greetings Teunie .

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2006-08-28 14:14]

Hi Jaap,
beautiful butterfly and excellent macro, superb sharpness, beautiful colors. A wonderful POV, it stands out beautiful from the background. A lovely composition.
Sky

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• wishnugaruda (13860)
• [2006-08-28 14:36]

HI Jaap,
a realy beauty - butterflies are so impressive, every one with different colours and design. I like this one, it's wonderful and you captured it with excellent sharpness - as usual, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

By the way - I have been so jelous of your dragonfly some days ago - now I also saw one and I'm happy now ;-)

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• wallhalla15 (13787)
• [2006-08-28 15:25]

Hello Jaap,
this is a fantastic picture. Yes, I like it very much! Excellent POV, framing, wonderful colours and bg too. This is an excellent presentation from the Cethosia biblis. Thank you my friend. Ejoy the rest of the week.
Gr.
Heinz

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• RAP (7405)
• [2006-08-28 15:46]

Another wonderful macro Jaap...

+ composition, POV, DOF, focus, color, sharpness, notes, framing, background, lighting.

= nothing.

Congratulations and regards... Ricardo

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• osse (7625)
• [2006-08-28 17:22]

Hi Jaap
Nice butterfly shot ahain. Good colours, sharpnes, details, light, DOF and POV.
Well done

osse

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• optic (0)
• [2006-08-28 19:30]

Hello Jaap!
That's great to see yours images on treknature, very nice butterfly, nice composition detail & sharpness.

Regards,
Christian

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• markula (870)
• [2006-08-28 21:09]

Hello Jaap!
Very nice shot of the butterfly. I especially like the contrast between the wings and the surrounding them bright and blurred background. Excellent POV and exposure, very good sharpness. Congratulations,
Mark

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• manyee (19540)
• [2006-08-28 23:13]

Just beautiful, Jaap.
The colors and the patterns are exquisite.
Wonderful POV and great composition with the butterfly standing on that gorgeous flower.
TFS. : )

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• jhm (620)
• [2006-08-29 2:35]

Goedemorgen Jaap,

Wat ik ook mag gelezen hebben laat ze het maar eens nadoen, dan kunnen wij eens zien wat men er van gemaakt heeft, voormij is dit een 10 op 10 zowel kleuren als compositie, en dit met een 70-300, ik zou het niet kunnen.
Prachtig jaap!

Groeten,
John

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• marjan (2627)
• [2006-08-29 3:19]

hi jaap, nice shot, excelent coloures and POV.
Marjan

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• metcher (4099)
• [2006-08-29 4:02]

Hi, Jaap.
Very nice butterfly. Good exposure, sharp details. Like also POV.

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• Janice (16725)
• [2006-08-29 4:57]

Oh Jaap, she's beautiful. What a great photo of the Ruby Lacewing, and you got your notes from a New Zealand website! We don't have these b'flies in NZ surely! I've never seen one!
Excellent capture Jaap, well done,
Janice

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• flagman (2377)
• [2006-08-29 5:52]

Looks like an extremely narrow DOF, the wing is sharp but the head not so much. I've recently been to a butterfly park and it's not easy, so well done for this result.

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• coasties (27488)
• [2006-08-29 5:54]
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Hi Jaap

Wow... this is a fantastic shot. What more can I say! Thank you!

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• jeanpaul (13823)
• [2006-08-29 7:33]

Bonjour Jaap
C'est une merveilleuse photo en macro
que ce beau papillon,très belle composition, les couleurs et le cadrage et les détails sont tous très bons.Très beau BG
J'espère un jour être capable de faire de macro de cette qualité
Merci et au revoir...JP

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• Aramok (4789)
• [2006-08-29 7:57]

you are right about it being a beauty. It really is and you have done it justice in your capture and presentation.

TFS
Emma

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• sandpiper2 (10820)
• [2006-08-29 8:39]

Very nice composition Jaap. Beautiful specimen. Great POV and sharpness.

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• SunToucher (8291)
• [2006-08-29 12:47]

Hoi Jaap,
De kleuren en het motief op de vleugels is gewoon super. De details in de gehele vlinder zijn perfect en vooral het lichaam is erg mooi. Prachtige DOF en erg mooie belichting.
Groeten,
Niek

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• Zeno (7943)
• [2006-08-29 14:36]

Ha Jaap,

Mooie sfeervolle foto. De belichting is ingetogen en de kleuren behouden hun natuurlijke karakter.
Schitterende prestatie!

groet,
Zeno.

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• CTP (3183)
• [2006-08-29 22:10]

Hi Jaap,
Great Butterfly close-up my friend.
I like your pov,dof,colors,blurred bg,note,framing,note and focus.TFS
Chris

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• firelord (4293)
• [2006-09-07 8:00]

Gorgeous butterfly!
You've managed to achieve very sharp details and contrast on colours. Great composition.
Very well done.
Thanks for sharing.
My best regards,

Filipe.

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• peter_stoeckl (9245)
• [2006-09-08 4:41]

Hello Jaap,
strikingly beautiful lace wing!
There is a bautiful brightness and fragility in this very well composed image.
Thank you! Best regards,
Peter

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• aan (115)
• [2006-09-24 7:35]

nice color,,,..... i love it.......

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• marhowie (34121)
• [2006-10-12 14:27]

Hi Jaap,
Sorry, I must have missed this one.
She really is a beauty and you've done a fantastic job of it. Very good detail, exposure, color, POV and framing mf. A very pleasing image :)

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• reina (1968)
• [2006-10-29 3:09]

Hoi Jaap, prachtige foto, de bloem lijkt zo wel een podium. Leuk dat er ook een vlinder gebeuren in Zeeland is. Asa 800 gaat erg goed zo bij de nikon is dit al snel minder.
Fijn weekend Reina

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• RII (2642)
• [2006-11-07 2:11]

Hi, Jaap.

Very nice shot, excellent colors and details, great sharpness and point of view,good note.

Saludos....RICARDO.

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• Runnerduck (1847)
• [2006-11-18 15:45]

A beauty Jaap
The details on the wing are great and the colours are just beautiful.
Probably a tad too 'central' for my liking, but a stunning capture.
Thanks for sharing.

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• Shoot_Score (2348)
• [2006-12-13 2:43]
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Howdy Jaap,

I'm blown away how U have managed to set the rim of the butterfly's wings agains the back ground! I hope U shot it this way, rather than achieved it in PP.

The detail, including showing each wing-rib, is simply outstanding!

How was this shot an "experiment"?

So long,

Jay / Jacques / Sjaak / Jaap
in Nova Scotia

PS Say hi to Teunie!

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• Maite (4856)
• [2006-12-23 6:39]

Hello Jaap
Really precious butterfly and wonderful shot! You have done a great job here.
Congratulations
Best wishes and Merry Christmas
Maite

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• pablominto (15280)
• [2007-08-12 0:24]

Hello Jaap,
It is a fine composition, and the patterns are very well reproduced!
Macro work is well done with great sharpness in the subject...
Lovely colour palette!
Greetings,
Pablo -

:-) OK-