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Walking in the Everglades (bicycles being unavailable--my original first preference), I saw far more than I would have riding. And, I had my camera with me, of course. I wanted to isolate, and show this butterfly. The long focal length let me throw the background out of focus.
| Brand: | OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. |
| Camera: | Olympus E-510  Check out Olympus Image Space! |
| Lens: | Olympus Zuiko 18-180 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 18 Mar 2009 - 1:22 PM |
| Focal Length: | 180mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/3.5 |
| Aperture: | f/6.3 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/200sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 400 |
| Exposure Mode: | Program AE |
| Metering Mode: | Center-weighted average |
| Flash: | Auto, Did not fire |
| White Balance: | Auto |
| Title: | Butterfly |
| Username: | 
handlerstudio |
| Uploaded: | 26 Jan 2013 - 2:16 AM |
| Tags: | Close-up / macro, Wildlife / nature |
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You've caught the butterfly beautifully! The colours and details are fantastic.
I think I would crop this image tighter to the butterfly - the background, although blurred, is 'empty' and busy. I would take off the left, right and a little off the bottom. 
Its a beautiful shot. The background is very nicely out of focus, and the butterfly is sharp.
Composition can sometimes be improved if the subject is cropped off centre, - a personal opinion, the mod has this dome.
There is a slight colour cast, - I find its not uncommon with Olympus with jpegs, - they seem to be a little warm. I have corrected this also in the mod, - and applied a little sharpening.
Good work,
regards
Willie
You have done rather well here with equipment to hand. I would prefer a tighter crop and, whilst sharpness is quite good, the far wing is slightly sharper than the near one. Not toomuch of a problem, but f16 would be nice. That would cause exposure/shake problems though, so you choice is probably right.
Paul
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