Low F-stop

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• horias (3948)
• [2009-07-04 22:15]

Hi Ivan,
Your image is very good and your note is extremely useful.Congratulation and thanks for this!
Horia

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• maurydv (16502)
• [2009-07-04 23:29]

Hello Ivan,
a wonderful picture of the Silver-studded Blue taken using a compact camera, your note is very useful, but i have a compact camera with fixed programmes and i am not able to use it well; superb sharpness and splendid colours well saturated, POV and composition are excellent.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

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• boreocypriensis (33819)
• [2009-07-04 23:32]

Hi and Good Morning Dostum Ivan,
Perfect application and good results. Details ans colours are great as wll as delightful composition.
TFS and habve a nice Sunday!
Cheers,
Bayram

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• cataclysta (5468)
• [2009-07-04 23:47]

Hi Ivan
I agree about the compact cameras. Your photo is very good, sharp with nicely blured background. Composition with the buttefly on the right is also very goood
TFS
Krzysztof

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• PeterZ (17564)
• [2009-07-05 0:14]

Hello Ivan,
Wonderful result with this camera. Excellent sharp details and beautiful natural and clear colours. Fantastic OOF BG and composition.
Regards,
Peter

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• nasokoun (4163)
• [2009-07-05 0:24]

hello Ivan
the regulations ideal and the result exceptional, the composition through your glance as always very good,all in very high level in this "compact camera" capture
TFS thanks for sharing
Nasos

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• haraprasan (17792)
• [2009-07-05 1:04]

Hi Ivan,
A very very important and useful note. Very good capture of this Silver-studded Blue . Sharp details and a nice OOF BG. Very well composed. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• Vinster (527)
• [2009-07-05 2:29]

Hi Ivan
Excellent note - I sometimes think it's almost worth having a compact on hand to achieve this kind of shot, particularly when light conditions are poor. My DSLR macro lens is a fixed 100mm and a shot such as this requires a setting of around f/13 to gain a similar DOF. This means you have to compensate with both ISO and shutter speed.
The shot goes to show that sometimes you don't need heavy and expensive equipment to take a quality image. Very good details and well exposed.
Kind Regards
Vinny

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• anel (15686)
• [2009-07-05 5:10]

Bonjour Ivan,
Even if this butterfly is well-known, we don't see it so much on TN. Magnificent picture giving us view on both wing-sides and especially showing the little blue spots on the hindwings. I have also taken a picture of this species lately. I agree with your use of a low F-stop. Personnaly I use it very often.
Thanks also for your ID-suggestion for my last picture.
Hello to Ulla too. Next week I will be mostly in my chalet in the mountains.
A bientôt
Anne

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• red45 (30243)
• [2009-07-05 5:47]

Hello Ivan!

Thank you for tips. I haven't similiar problem with my old Canon, because it have good zoom. At 420mm and f4,5 most pictures have blurred BG and sharp main subject. Taking photos with dSLR is very different :-)

Good to see new specie from Lycaenidae. This Blue looks very good with great sharpness and deep blue colours. Good composition with both sides of wings clearly visible.

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• alliturnam (1601)
• [2009-07-05 6:07]

Merhaba İvan,kanat çeperlerindeki netlik ve kompozsiyon çok çok güzel olmuş.Renkleri ve çekim açısı çok güzel,iç dış kanat detayları çok güzel görünüyor,ellerine sağlık,sevgiler,dostlukla :)

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• nagraj (4870)
• [2009-07-05 7:07]

Hi,
Fine points on using compact camera with beautiful supportive image. Yes, you got fairly diffused background but as you mentioned nothing like using slr with long or macro lens. tfs.
nagraj.v

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• xTauruSx (604)
• [2009-07-05 7:21]

Hello Ivan, a great close-up shot of this beauty with wonderful details and nice composition.
TFS and regards,
Deniz

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• roges (3068)
• [2009-07-05 7:42]

Hallo Ivan !

Och i dag erbjuder vi en härlig makro!
Tydlighet, kontrast, bra färg!
Och intressant beskrivning.

En vacker dag
Adrian

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• nglen (32138)
• [2009-07-05 7:45]

Hi Ivan. useful information about the camera. You have been able to get a fine OOF BG with this close up of the Silver-studded Blue Butterfly. Which you have taken with fine detail and colours.well done tFS.
Nick..

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• jlinaresp (3568)
• [2009-07-05 10:46]

Hi Iván

A macro linked to poetry.

Excellent corner catch my friend, very particular, shows wings and bottom up.

Excellent composition and good framing!

Jesús

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• siggi (16222)
• [2009-07-05 11:20]

Hello Ivan,
A nicely composed shot. Lovely colours, perfect low POV. Clear and sharp. Very nice work. TFS.
Best regards Siggi

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• Silvio2006 (41320)
• [2009-07-05 12:18]

Ciao Ivan, interesting tecnical note, lovely littele butterfly on a beautiful flower, wonderful BG, great colors, fine details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• Noisette (3915)
• [2009-07-05 15:17]

Hello Ivan
superb shot of this Silver-studded Blue with wings half open wings, so we can see the outside and the inside markings, the butterfly and the yellow lucerne flower
are very well focused, great lighting and lovely colors
your note is very interesting, i will try to remember your advice
Have a good night
Jacqueline

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• CeltickRanger (15122)
• [2009-07-05 20:43]

hello Ivan

the first part of your notes i liked very much, it is like a lesson
on digital photo, and it is true that sometimes with a DSLR
we can not obtain all the foreground in focus like this photo,
excellent photo with fine POV and framing, all the foreground
in focus with excellent sharpness and details, and i personally
love to see details on the blurred background, TFS

Asbed

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• zetu (6173)
• [2009-07-05 23:05]

Hello Ivan
Good work, great details and perfect focus.
Regards
Razvan

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• kedarkulkarni (797)
• [2009-07-06 2:36]

Hi Ivan,

Very nice capture of this Blue beauty. Nice Pov and great focus. Very nicely positioned and excellent BG. I liked this composition!

TFS,
Kedar

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• cloud (4689)
• [2009-07-06 3:57]

Hello Ivan,
I think that result which you obtained because focal length here about 9mm. DSLR cameras very rare have lens with 12mm and more. For f/3.2 DOF is very short, if focal length is 100mm and more then DOF is very very shallow. I taught physics at school pretty much.
Regards, Pawel

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• sandpiper2 (14113)
• [2009-07-06 4:29]

Hi Ivan

Good to see you struggling to get a shot (lol).
Great POV, composition, sharpness and details.
A fine shot with the compact.

Chris

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• cobra112 (6420)
• [2009-07-06 12:09]

Very interesting POV to esalt the DOF and splendid colours. Very good details.

Roberto

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• flashpoint (10335)
• [2009-07-06 14:22]

ciao Ivan!
a good "straight" for the use of compact .. the image is very clear and the dof are perfect.....

best sERGIO

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• Nilson (3110)
• [2009-07-06 15:24]

Hello Ivan
Wondeful shot with good elements
Well done
Nilson

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• jaycee (21912)
• [2009-07-06 16:56]

Hi Ivan,

I love this view of the beautiful butterfly showing both sides of the wings. The colors are exceptionally lovely. Fine details of the pretty wing markings - the white edging is beautiful. I appreciate your notes and I hope I remember what you said when the occasion arises.

Jane

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• valy67 (8733)
• [2009-07-07 0:05]

Hello Ivan ! Congratulation on beeing able to get close to this butterfly - they always fly away when I come close ! I must been too clumsy, I suppose ! :-) And the picture is simply amazing, you show us that we can do very beautiful photos even with a compact camera. I love the fact that almost all the butterfly is in focus, and the the BG is blurred. I also like the vivid colors, the composition, the details. Very well done !
Valérie.

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• lovenature (5067)
• [2009-07-07 15:38]
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Hi Ivan
Such a pretty butterfly you captured. The colour of this Silver-studded Blue is a nice compliment to his surroundings, the colours are blend nicely together. Your notes are very helpful, I sometimes bring my point and shoot camera too and I find it more of a challenge to use. Are you living in or visiting Alberta?
TFS Janice

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• zulfu (866)
• [2009-07-08 8:00]

Hello again Ivan, this one is also include a photograpy course with your great notes. Wonderful results.
TFS and G's,
Mehmet

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• pablominto (16078)
• [2009-07-10 23:12]

Hello Ivan,

You achieve an amazing 3D effect here, by combining a good angle on the insect and an accurate DoF!
Silky-crisp texture in the wings, the beautiful pattern is perfectly reproduced...
A delicate image, a treat to my eyes!

Greetings,
Pablo -

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• foozi (9077)
• [2009-07-11 3:49]

Hi Ivan,
good note on the technical aspect of using the compact camera. Really appreciate the sharing.
This nice looking blue is beautifull indeed. the payterns are seen in detail and the bokeh you get is excellent.
The light allows this shot to be a pretty one with the flowers clear and sharp too.
Beautiful capture of the blue with its natural surroundings.

Regards,
Foozi