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Gentle Giant 2


Gentle Giant 2
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Copyright: Jim White (jmirah) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 506 W: 5 N: 1135] (4663)
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, 40 - 49 Points (Chapter 11), Butterfly & Dragonfly [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-09-06 4:10
Viewed: 633
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 40
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Giant Swallowtail
Papilio cresphontes

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Another photo from Sundance Garden. Same butterfly...Different flower. I hope to go back soon to look for caterpillars. Giant Swallowtail, Black Swallowtail, Long Tail, Fritillary, Sulfur, etc. caterpillars. If the birds, frogs and snakes haven't eaten them all.

Exposure Setting: Manual
Lighting Conditions: Partly Cloudy/Mid-Day
f/stop: 4.8
Shutter Speed: 1/500
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 420mm[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 601
File Size: 100 KB
Date: August 31, 2007

Brightness adjusted, sharpened, Neat Image noise reduction and resized for posting

angybone, haraprasan, eqshannon, go2stones, marhowie, ramthakur, Argus, Luis52, nainnain, jeanpaul, pierrefonds, Silke has marked this note useful
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To angybone: Thanksjmirah 1 09-06 05:42
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You just keep popping them out there. I 'told' go2stones this morning that you and he were probably the fastest learners on this board. You both have advanced unbelievably in your work. Not to say it was ever bad but it's REALLY GOOD now!!!

- I T - I S - M O R E - T H E N - E X C E L L E N T - . - . - .

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  • Slana (42)
  • [2007-09-06 5:24]

Fantastic photo! Very nice coloures. Lost for words really. Great job!

Hi Jim,
Amazing colors.
Nice details of the butterfly, too.
But I think I would prefer it without the red flower in the background ;) Distracts the observer a little from the butterfly.

well done anyway
Tatjana

A super shot. And one of the only two butterfly pictures I had this year. In the same family. Very good notes, so complete.
Bob

Excellent image! Great pose and composition. Rich green background and then the colors of the flowers really set things off.

It's certainly great to have people say things like angybone has said this morning! Your work is really looking good!

Well done.

TFS!
Reid

Hi Jim,
Excellent color and exposure, great detail. Very nice shade of green in your BG, zero noise @ ISO 200.
Well done.
Howard

Excellent POV, colours and composition, Jim.
The composition as a whole with those yellow flowers is outstanding in terms of aesthetic appeal.
TFS and regards.

You are really mastering this macro insect photography. This is another really nice image. I'm not sure why your file size is only 100KB. You can use up to 200KB.

TFS
Evelynn : )

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3808 W: 190 N: 11328] (34927)
  • [2007-09-06 10:12]

Wow, Jim, this is great!
I like the colors, pose, composition, lighting, details and sharpness: in fact there's not much I don't like about this presentation of the Giant Swallowtail.
Superb!
TFS,
Ivan

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 5 N: 3457] (12761)
  • [2007-09-06 10:39]

Hola Jim. Exelente tu foto Jim. Muy hermosos los colores de la Mariposa y la Flor. Me agrada el fondo con las demas plantas. Saludos Luis52.

excellente présentation, tres jolies couleurs nettes, sur un BG bien flou
bon travail bravo
merci a toi
edith

Hi Jim, splendid butterfly and lovely flower with wonderful colors, great sharpness and perfect focus, very well done, ciao Silvio

Bonjour Jim
Ce papillon est très beau avec une belle thecnique de macro avec de très belle couleurs et de très bons détails
Merci et au revoir...JP

Jim,

Nice image, alittle soft but great capture.

TRS

fototab

Superbe composition, couleurs magnifiques, une grande réussite prendre ce papillon qui atterrit sur la fleur.
Bravo
Marie

Hi Jim,
A beautiful capture of this giant swallowtail. Nice details and the composition is excellent. Very good POV and nice colors. Thanks a lot for sharing.

bonjour jim
si je ne me trompe pas le papillon est en train de prendre son envol et c'est une chose que je n'ai pas encore reussi a immortalisé.
belle et bonne photo.
laurent

Hi Jim,

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

Pierre

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694] (5406)
  • [2007-09-07 5:51]

Superb colour and details -- fabulous composition
TFS
silke

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