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Thistle And The Skipper


Thistle And The Skipper
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Copyright: Scott Evers (scottevers7) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2631 W: 3 N: 3933] (12259)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-04
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 20D, Canon EF 16-35 f/2.8L USM, B+W UV MRC
Exposure: f/8, 1/400 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-06-05 7:09
Viewed: 941
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Points: 76
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I took this at our local nature center. I just stopped by for a short walk around the center before sunset. Caught this Silver-spotted Skipper intently feeding on a Thistle flower. I thought the light quality here was really good. I have been working on trying to do a better job isolating my subjects and having a better backround. The white in the wings does suffer from some OE. I isolated it in Photoshop and brought it back as much as possible. Just some minor cropping to get this composition.

red45, Dando, dew77, soccer, ramthakur, TAZ, ddg, AndyB, wallhalla15, ScottHale, thistle, phlr, firelord, aido, liziafa, CTP, hekcik, cecilia, RII, marhowie, coasties, PDP, jeanpaul, izler has marked this note useful
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  • HELO Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 106 W: 10 N: 58] (352)
  • [2006-06-05 7:12]

bonjour scott
très belle photo
bonne prise de vue
belles couleurs et bon détails
bravo!!
(je suis désolé de ne jamais vous maitre des commentaire mais je vais encors a l'école).
helo

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2816 W: 75 N: 7977] (26975)
  • [2006-06-05 7:20]

Hi Scott!
White parts of picture are always very difficult to proper exposure, especially together with darker ones. You did good job with Photoshop. BG is very good - blurred and with nice dark greens. You're better and better my friend! Both - thistle and insect are detailed, sharp, with good DOF. To be honest - I like thistle more :-)

Hello scott, great photo, Perfect details, BG, POV,DOV, perfect in everyway TFS Kyle

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-06-05 7:39]

Hi Scott,
wonderful closeup, excellent sharp details and great colors. Wonderful composition with this neutral back ground.
TFS..Sky

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-06-05 7:39]

Hello Scott,
Lovely close up.I liked clear details,POV,framing,vivid colors,sharpness,BG and composition a lot.
TFS...:-)

Scott,

Great composition, POV, sharpness, DOF and BG to this pic. Very nice variety in colours too! TFS,
Sheriff

This is pretty Scott, the diagnal graduated background is an extra nice touch to this colorful and excellent composed shot. :)

Interesting POV and great colors, Scott.
TFS.

Hi Scott,
it's beautiful, a nice Skipper - I like to see the tongue inside the flower.
But most I love the phantastic thistle, the colour and the form is wonderful, and together the perfect arrangement,thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3186] (10922)
  • [2006-06-05 13:00]

Hello Scott, the result of your job is good in humble opinion. I like the smart composition. DOF and BG are super.
Well seen and well done my friend.

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 883 W: 23 N: 930] (5015)
  • [2006-06-05 13:13]

Hello Scott, excellent macro with bright colors and great sharpness too. I like the green blurred BG. Best regards, Didier.

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1586 W: 32 N: 1350] (3980)
  • [2006-06-05 13:18]

Hello Scott,
An excellent capture of this Skipper.
A great POV,nice vivid colours and a good clear background.
Great shot,TFS

Hey Scott - what a fantastic shot!
Brilliant colours, lighting and very nice bg!
Excellent POV and composition too. I like your picture very much.
Gr.
Heinz

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 641 W: 32 N: 791] (3080)
  • [2006-06-05 16:51]

Hi Scott,

Great shot, good colours and sharp details. Also well composed with a good OOF background. Well captured and TFS.

Dean.

Scott,
The isolation here is perfect. I like the dark diagonal line of OOF BG, it seems to mimic the angle of the skipper. The image is colorful and vivid. Very cool post. the OE on the wing is VERY minor and hardly noticeable.
You have made OOF BG's your "style". I like your style! Very well done.
Scott

Hello Scott,
Very good shot! Lovely colours, very good POV and framing. It seems the head is a little softer than the rest of the b'fly, but shallowd DOF gave you a very clear BG as well.
Overall, well done on this one!

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 787 W: 31 N: 20] (5002)
  • [2006-06-06 4:17]

Hi Scott,
excellent composition and quality. Good colours and DOF. I like it, well done photo.
Rgs, Aleksander

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1095 W: 169 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-06-06 13:55]

Hi Scott,
Excellent shot, nice POV almost looking up at the Skipper. The colours are amazing, the composition/framing against the diagonal line in the flawless BG is excellent. Nice detail, great shot.
Cheers,
Adrian

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2192 W: 124 N: 2600] (8410)
  • [2006-06-06 14:12]

it's not your best one Scot,
the pov is quite good, the composition can be done better, but even that I think personal that you must have some luck too with the pose, farther good job. Here in the Netherland are almost no butterflies, with the cold weather from the last weeks.
gr. jaap

Hi Scott,
EXCELLENT close-up!
Very good DOF and sharp.
Well done!
TFS Malgosia

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  • CTP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 774 W: 6 N: 1107] (3183)
  • [2006-06-06 16:05]

Hi Scott,
Excellent skipper capture with cool colored thistle.
I like your pov,dof,focus,sharpness,bg,note and framing.Well Done my friend.TFS
Chris

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  • hekcik Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 330 W: 15 N: 305] (1823)
  • [2006-06-06 16:43]

Hello Scott,

Great shot!
Details, sharp, colors and composition are excellent.
Very well done!

TFS :-)
Norbert

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1318 W: 52 N: 1782] (5276)
  • [2006-06-06 18:05]

Very nice shot ! Excellent details on both the flower and the moth (or is it a butterfly ?) Wonderful composition and BG, it bringd the subject in highlight very nicely. Well done !
valérie.

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 0 N: 90] (7755)
  • [2006-06-06 19:09]

Hi Scott
Great shot great composition. Also Great colours, BG, light, sharpnes, details, DOF and POV.
well dine Scott

osse

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1427 W: 128 N: 5252] (23221)
  • [2006-06-06 23:17]

Great results on this shot Scott ! Well done on the point of view, composition, sharpness and exposure, thanks !

Mario

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1276 W: 133 N: 874] (2804)
  • [2006-06-07 5:32]

Very good photo of an Hesperiidae!
Excellent BG and colours!
Very good POV!
Very good DOF and details!
5* and TFS!

hi scott
magnifiques couleurs,le bg est parfait et l'ensemble assez net.
bravo.
laurent

Amazing colour on the wings and the flower, excellent detail and capture!
Well done...

Excellent colours, details and POV for this close up!

wonderfull photo;-)

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  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 486 W: 0 N: 887] (2804)
  • [2006-06-10 3:34]

Hi Peter.
Wonderful colors and details, magnific composition,the contrast is excellent, good sharpness, very nice capture.

Saludos...RICARDO.

Nice shot Scott and well composed..
Very nice color, detail, light, and BG.
Well done and enjoy your time away :)

Hi Scott

A beautiful shot. I like the compo and POV. Excellent saturation of colour. The BG compliments the shot nicely. Well done! Thanks.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2951 W: 366 N: 3779] (11763)
  • [2006-06-14 4:00]

Hello Scott, lovley composition and colours here. The only nit here is that the butterfly has fallen just outside the DOF, apart from that it's all good - well done.

Hi Scott,
beautiful contrast of colours, very elegant composition!
With thanks, and best regards,
Peter

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  • Aramok Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 927 W: 103 N: 1420] (4885)
  • [2006-06-25 12:39]

Scott, I have to agree with most poeple here, that thistle is wonderful. I only wish tehre was a little more of it. As for the b'fly, it too is good, but not quite as good as the thistle, little else can be said that has not been said many many times over.

Nicely done and TFS

Emma

Bonjour Scott
Une merveilleuse photo que ce Joli papillon avec en prime cette belle fleur,Très belle composition, les couleurs et le cadrage et les détails sont tous très bons.Très beau BG
Bravo et merci...JP

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1335 W: 79 N: 929] (8620)
  • [2006-08-04 15:55]

hi Scott
beautiful thistle-skipper composition. homogeneous and blured BG, POV, DOF, colours, details and contrast are great.
tfs
regards
izler

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