Re: [OM] IMG: Butterfly on Cosmos

[Jim Nichols]

Good Morning, Dean,

I appreciate the ID and all of the helpfull advice.  I pondered the position 
of the stems, myself, and tried to recall exactly how the shot came about. 
These flowers have very long, thin stems.  The weight of a large bumble bee 
will deflect the flower by almost a foot.  I did not conciously tilt the 
camera, and did not rotate the image at all.  I suspect that the stems were 
just at an angle from the way they grow, possible affected by the wind over 
time.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Dean Hansen" <hanse112@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Butterfly on Cosmos


> Jim's butterfly is, as he notes on the LUG site, the American Lady. A
> similar side-view shot is at
> <http://wisconsinbutterflies.org/butterfly/species/90-american-lady>.
> I'm with George--most butterfly shots benefit from a flash.  But not an
> axial flash.  I use a T32 on a Bogen Magic Arm to place a flash well
> above the butterfly and have the flash graze the butterfly's wing at a
> very low angle.  This brings out the details in the wing (as I've
> mentioned before).  Both Jim's shot and the one on the site above lack
> this "punch" that an oblique flash can give.  But I disagree with George
> that the background should be dark.  I've seen shots of butterflies that
>  look like they were taken at night.  I've also taken some:
> <http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p15/Dean_Hansen/MNButterflies/?action=view&current=Bfreija5.jpg&newest=1>
> Jim's shot seems to have been taken with the sun behind a cloud--there
> are no shadows.  OK, this means no blown highlights.  But the wing is
> also "flat" with no "punch" that an oblique light, e.g., the sun, would
> give.  Also, is the camera tilted 30 degrees counter-clockwise to bring
> the butterfly to a horizontal position?  Stems in the background look
> like they're pointing up and to the right.
> Keep shooting, Jim!
> Dean
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