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[freebooter]

A Butterfly's Moldy Meal

Daegu, South Korea
Canon A640
f/4@1/200
iso 80
lens on macro setting, widest angle
cropped a bit

As the growing season ends, the butterflies are as busy as ever, sucking where they can. I didn't notice the powdery mold on the flower until I downloaded the files.

 

[ksz]

15-Apr-2004. An Evening in Oita. Kyushu Island, Japan.

Canon PowerShot G2
12.5mm
1/202s @ f/4
ISO Auto

 

[ksz]

Daegu, South Korea
Canon A640
f/4@1/200
iso 80
lens on macro setting, widest angle
cropped a bit

As the growing season ends, the butterflies are as busy as ever, sucking where they can. I didn't notice the powdery mold on the flower until I downloaded the files.

Wow! Just beautiful. That Canon is off to a good start.

 

[VictorM]

zero lamps at dusk

University of Toronto,
Toronto, Canada
October 2006

NIKON D70s
Nikkor 85mm f1.4D
1/1000 sec @ f2.8
​

 

[freebooter]

Wow! Just beautiful. That Canon is off to a good start.

Thanks.

I couldn't be happier with the A640. The butterfly shot didn't need any color/exposure adjustment. Canon's Digic II really has that nailed. All I did was sharpen it a bit.

 

[p0intblank]

freebooter, I just had to tell you... that photo is simply beautiful! What an amazing shot! Very well done.

I need a macro lens so badly...

 

[Rickay726]

Daegu, South Korea
Canon A640
f/4@1/200
iso 80
lens on macro setting, widest angle
cropped a bit

As the growing season ends, the butterflies are as busy as ever, sucking where they can. I didn't notice the powdery mold on the flower until I downloaded the files.

thats an amazing picture, you should be pround of that right there

 

[greenmac]

Koala

This guy was unusually low, and close to suburbia.
Taken 14/10/06
Woodcroft SA

Nikon D50
shutter 1/50
Apeture f 5.6
18-55 nikkor focal length 55
iso 200

 

[srf4real]

This guy was unusually low, and close to suburbia.
Taken 14/10/06
Woodcroft SA

Awww He is adorable! I hear they are not as pleasant as you'd expect in real life... can I have him for my desktop?

 

[Abstract]

Hey,

Just thought i'd post this, from a recent holiday in Gran Canaria.

Not too clear but i kinda like it anyway, really need to get round to cropping that bottom bit off though!

Yeah, please crop that bottom bit. It looks like you just shot an ass cheek while it was in the frame.


@Freebooter: Nice macro. Wish I saw butterflies here, but I don't see them really. I think they're around, though. All I've got are bees, which are a smaller and make it harder to shoot for me. Can't believe how close you can focus in on an insect with an A640. Makes a macro lens purchase seem a bit too expensive when you can get shots like that with a point and shoot.

 

[AndyFM84]

Hi Abstract,

cropped the photo now, looking a lot cleaner.

 

[YS2003]

Star Wars mural on the wall of the body shop in a small town in NY

Point & Shoot camera (Canon SD700 IS) in a drizzly weather in upstate NY.
1/60 s at f/2.8
5.8 mm focal
10/4/2006
flash-fired, compulsory mode

 

[Yakamoto]

Head of Riku...

Snapped this earlier this year. It is a pic of my friends son in Himeji. This is my first post on MR, so please any
feedback is welcome.

5/15/2006
Casio EX-Z4
F-Stop f/3.9
Focal length 12.2mm
Natural Light

 

[®îçhå®?]

This guy was unusually low, and close to suburbia.
Taken 14/10/06
Woodcroft SA

Nikon D50
shutter 1/50
Apeture f 5.6
18-55 nikkor focal length 55
iso 200

Awww, he is so cool!! I want my own one to cuddle.

 

[shieldyoureyes]

O c t o b e r


10/13/2006, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, Ca
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

 

[simie]

Daegu, South Korea
Canon A640
f/4@1/200
iso 80
lens on macro setting, widest angle
cropped a bit

As the growing season ends, the butterflies are as busy as ever, sucking where they can. I didn't notice the powdery mold on the flower until I downloaded the files.

Great Photo, what else can I say.

 

[srf4real]

geranium at night

 

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[technicolor]

LOVE LOVE LOVE that perspective!

 

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LOVE LOVE LOVE that perspective!

thank you!

 

[Abstract]

Another Cog photo. Taken on Oct 12th, 2006.

 

[VictorM]

alignment

Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto, Canada.
October 14, 2006

NIKON D70s
Nikkor 12-24mm f4 DX @ 12mm
1/250 sec @ f11 @ ISO 200
​

There was sporadic rain and hail falling in the distance (over downtown Toronto), and about 2 minutes after taking this photo, it hit my location. I ran for cover and eventually hid inside a port-o-potty until it passed

 

[p0intblank]

Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto, Canada.
October 14, 2006

NIKON D70s
Nikkor 12-24mm f4 DX @ 12mm
1/250 sec @ f11 @ ISO 200
​

There was sporadic rain and hail falling in the distance (over downtown Toronto), and about 2 minutes after taking this photo, it hit my location. I ran for cover and eventually hid inside a port-o-potty until it passed

I really like the composition you used here.

 

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Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto, Canada.
October 14, 2006

NIKON D70s
Nikkor 12-24mm f4 DX @ 12mm
1/250 sec @ f11 @ ISO 200
​

There was sporadic rain and hail falling in the distance (over downtown Toronto), and about 2 minutes after taking this photo, it hit my location. I ran for cover and eventually hid inside a port-o-potty until it passed

great shot! I bet you love that camera!

 

[freebooter]

Hey, thanks simle, abstract, Rickay726, p0intblank and ksz for the kind words about the butterfly shot. This thread and its contributers/commenters have helped motivate me to take more and better photos.

The day I took the shot (Oct. 12) was good one in many ways. After I took the butterfly shots, I shaved a minute and a half off my previous best time on my usual mountain run. Then i went to work and had an especially fun time. As the song goes, some days are better than others.