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Black Swallowtail 2


Black Swallowtail 2
Photo Information
Copyright: Jim White (jmirah) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 506 W: 5 N: 1135] (4665)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-31
Categories: Insects
Camera: KODAK Z612, 35-420mm Schneider Kreuznach Variogon
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Butterflies, Butterflies III, BUTTERFLIES OF AMERICA, Butterflies of Nort-America, Butterfly, I love, Butterflys of the world, Butterfly & Dragonfly [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-09-04 5:59
Viewed: 723
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Black Swallowtail female
Papilio polyxenes

Black Swallowtail Butterfly

A side view of the wings of a female Black Swallowtail. She is vibrating her front wings at a very high rate of speed.

Exposure Setting: Manual
Lighting Conditions: Mostly Sunny/Mid-Day
f/stop: 4.8
Shutter Speed: 1/400
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 1007mm[35mm]-equivilent
Auto Focus: Normal/Center-Zone/Continuous
Compression: Standard
White Balance: Daylight
Color: Natural
Sharpness: Normal
Tripod: No
Flash: Off
Megapixels: 6.0
Dimensions: 800 x 619
File Size: 123 KB
Date: August 31, 2007

Cropped, sharpened, Neat Image noise reduction and resized for posting

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Excellent shot in profile like this! We can see him at work sampling nectar from the flower. Good bright colorful image. Well done.

Reid

Hi Jim
What a beautiful colored composition, withe great light and sharpness, very well framed
Thank you
Jean-Michel

Your composition is great again. Wonderful colors - beautiful shot!!!

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2007-09-04 6:59]

Hi Jim,
a nice capture of this Swallowtail.
A bit OOF or just lacking sharpness.
But great colours and a brilliant POV and composition.
Well done,
Joe

Hello Jim,
Excellent POV, DOF and contrast.i agree with joey abt OOF.
TFS
CoolNik

Beautiful sharp and colorful picture. Great focus and well-balanced exposure. Thanks!

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 71 N: 758] (4703)
  • [2007-09-04 7:34]

Hello,
Butterfly's pose excellent. If bg were better.
Pawel

hello jim
nice capture, this butterfly looks really big, i would love to see this someday, liked the pov and the composition, beautiful colours,
tfs & regards
pankaj

Nice profile. You seem to keep on bumping it up a notch. Very useful notes as well. I like the colors and mixture as well.
Bob

This is such a nice specie. I have photograph a few lately but unfortunately they didn't come out very well :( This is an excellent capture with superb colors and beautiful details. I also like this composition a lot. I just wonder why it seems brown to me as the one I saw her were very black... Maybe it is because I have seen male and not female? Thanks,
Claudine

Hi Jim, splendid composition with wonderful butterfly and lovely flower, superb colors, excellent sharpness and great details, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2924 W: 34 N: 8671] (32310)
  • [2007-09-04 12:12]

Hi Jim . You have a swallowtail as well. you have captured a very nice pose with bright colours. good detail and a nice DOF. a nice compostion. well done tFS.
Nick..

Hi Jim,
Splendid shot! Exuberant butterfly!
Wonderful composition with magnicifent colors!
Excellent POV, sharpness and contrast.
Impressive the wealth of details.
Thanks for sharing!
My best regards,
José Roberto

Superbe prise, magnifique couleurs, ils sont tellement difficile à prendre.
bravo
Marie

Hi Jim,
A beautiful capture of this black swallowtail. Nice POV with very good details and nice composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hi Jim,

A nice image of the black swallowtail butterfly, the photo has a good composition, sharpness and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
  • [2007-09-05 10:37]

Hi Jim,
Fantastic shot of this Swallowtail with lovely colours and patterns on its wings. Though the focus is a bit soft and there are OE areas in the frame, you have captured a classical pose. The lighting is great as is your POV to portray it. Very nicely composed too. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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