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And, if you'd like, tell me whether you like this one of the same little guy better or not as well.

-- Mark Ciccarello (mark@ciccarello.com), January 22, 1999

Answers

Mark, I prefer this one. Although I prefer the tip of the wings be in sharp focus, I know this is asking too much.

I like the rich colours and the spot-on exposure.

-- Alan (afive@pacific.net.sg), January 22, 1999.


If it were cropped right on the right edge of the left flower this would almost be a perfect image. The sharp selective focus is very effective here. The second flower is just way to distracting for me.

-- Tait Stangl (taits@usa.net), January 22, 1999.

I also prefer this one. The colors are beautiful. I'm undiecided about the flower on the left. I like the way that the composition is balanced but tonaly the left flower is a little too strong. Great shot.

-- Cleeo W. Wright (ckwright@xmission.com), January 22, 1999.

I, too, prefer this one. I wonder about cropping the left to leave only the final red blossom and its supporting stem. That would reduce the "red" impact of that part of the composition while leaving some of it there. Nice work!

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), January 22, 1999.

Thanks for the comments. I managed to find the name of this insect on the web: it's a Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae. The site I found it on seems like a pretty decent quick reference for butterflies.

-- Mark Ciccarello (mark@ciccarello.com), January 22, 1999.


In a butterfly shot, it is important to keep the wings parallel to the flim plane and keep the entire wings in focus. That is why the alternate image isn't as good. I too would crop the red flower on the left side; it is very distracting.

-- Shun Cheung (shun@worldnet.att.net), January 23, 1999.

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