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Copyright: Robin O'Connell (roconnell) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 155 W: 0 N: 61] (404)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-11-19 22:14
Viewed: 1577
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This Monarch was one of the late visitors to Bertoldi Park, part of the National Botantical Gardens in Washington DC. The following week there were none.

The Washington DC area is a stop on the Monarch's great migration south to Mexico.
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  • Great 
  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2686 W: 67 N: 9202] (28772)
  • [2006-11-19 22:48]

Hello Robin

A lovely shot of this monarch butterfly.Excellent open wing capture,it looks great against the wild asters.Good POV and DOF.Sharp details and well saturated colours.TFS

Rob

Really great shot with beautiful color... well done

Congrats
Lowell

Hi Robin,
Great contrasting colors between butterfly and its surrounding, makes the butterfly as main object is clearly visible. Great DoF, blurry BG is very nice. Well composed and very nicely framed.
Excellent shot.

Ben Lakitan

hi robin,
lovely shot, full of colours,
nice pov, good dof,
well composed shot,
tfs & regards
pankaj

Hello Robin,
This is a beautiful and very colorful capture of this Monarch. This composition and POV are really nice with excellent lightning and exposure. I like to see the sun in its wings and you chose a good DOF that let us see those superb flowers. Well done and TFS,
Claudine

Hi Robin,
Beautiful capture under harsh light.
Very colors,details and sharpness.
Well done.TFS
Volkan

Robin,

Nice job here on this monarch,
the colors are very sharp and clear
nice framing

fototab

The back-lit perspective gives the butterfly's wings a transparent sort of look, Robin.
It is a full-blooded composition with flowers and the butterfly sharing equal attention. Happens with me most of the time :-)!
TFS and take care.
Ram

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  • sily Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 265 W: 6 N: 390] (1857)
  • [2006-11-22 9:12]

What a great explosion of colours really outstanding photo, I love the light and clearness, strong!

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1103 W: 173 N: 1227] (4038)
  • [2007-01-21 12:53]

Hello Robin,
I love the light in this image, the backlight through the wings is excellent and adds a lot of depth. Great detail and colours, nicely composed. There are some OE patches on the upper leaves but that presents a dilemna. They could be controlled by the use of flash but that would kill the beauty of this image I think. I think I would have done exactly as you have and then tried to recover some detail in the upper leaves during post-processing. That's really a minor nit though for me, it's a beautiful image. Great work.
Regards,
Adrian

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1489 W: 18 N: 2961] (10586)
  • [2007-01-28 16:15]

Lovely image, great colours, POV and composition

TFS

Karan

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