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I did not know they were so hairy, - Sergey

Photographer:	X Sergey Green
Folder:	sngreen
Uploaded:	07-May-2006 18:12 CEST
Current Rating:	9.67/3 View all ratings Delete my rating
Model release available:
Camera:	Olympus E500
Exposure time:	1/80 s
Aperture:	F/20
Focal length:	35 mm
Lens:	35mm macro
Focusing method:
ISO:	100
White balance:	Auto
Flash:	internal
Image format:	SHQ
Processing applied:
Various:
Image resized to:	675x900

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How in the world did you manage to get so close to this butterfly?
Great detail and very sharp....Well done..

Regards,

Fonzy - at 18:16 CEST on 07-May-2006 [Reply]

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Wow! It is a good shot, Sergey.
Regards,

Lee W at 18:22 CEST on 07-May-2006 [Reply]

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Fons van Swaal. wrote:
> How in the world did you manage to get so close to this butterfly?
> Great detail and very sharp....Well done..
>
> Regards,
>

Thanks Fons,
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Sergey Green at 18:35 CEST on 07-May-2006 [Reply]

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Lee W wrote:
> Wow! It is a good shot, Sergey.
> Regards,
>
Thanks Lee,
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Sergey Green at 19:10 CEST on 07-May-2006 [Reply]

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Lee W wrote:
> Wow! It is a good shot, Sergey.
> Regards,
>
Thanks Lee,
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Sergey Green at 19:10 CEST on 07-May-2006 [Reply]

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what a detail!
Sharp and very good!

greetings fillip

Fillip ter Haar at 20:02 CEST on 07-May-2006 [Reply]

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Ole Bornak wrote:
> Again, super macro.
> Regards Ole.
>

Thanks Ole,
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Sergey Green at 19:01 CEST on 08-May-2006 [Reply]

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Fillip ter Haar wrote:
> what a detail!
> Sharp and very good!
>
> greetings fillip
>
Thanks Fillip,
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Sergey Green at 19:01 CEST on 08-May-2006 [Reply]

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This is a great macro Sergey, and a perfect advertisement for the 35mm macro.
You must have been 2-3 inches from the butterfly. Did he pose for a while, or did you have to take this shot 'on the fly'?

Loren Lewis at 22:20 CEST on 08-May-2006 [Reply]

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Loren Lewis wrote:
> This is a great macro Sergey, and a perfect advertisement for the 35mm macro.
> You must have been 2-3 inches from the butterfly. Did he pose for a while, or did you have
> to take this shot 'on the fly'?
>

Thanks Loren,

Usually early in the morning the butterflies are quite inactive. Also if you manage to catch one in a shade under the trees where it is cool. Once they get out in the sun they are gone.

Yes, it was pretty close. In this case I usually preset camera and lens to manual focus; 2:1, 1:1, ...etc., - depending on how close I will be allowed) and snap a shot once I move in to a good focus distance. Also DOF is important (as you can see on this shot). You absolutely must use one of the external flashes; twin-flash, double ring, FL-36 and up .... (always with diffuser on) to compensate for the loss of light with small aperture. The lens barrel will almost always cast a shadow if you use internal flash. The colors with internal flash somehow are not that great either. At least from my experience.

As for the lens - it is sharp indeed; for macro as well as landscapes. I use 14-54 and 50-200 quite often, and this "little fella" fits in quite well into the bunch.

- Sergey

Sergey Green at 04:51 CEST on 09-May-2006 [Reply]