Butterfly shots at AH

squalle · 24th February 2005

For your viewing pleasure and comments please.

corrected.

sumball · 24th February 2005

My first look at them, they are over-PSed.

Noticed you shot them at 1/500 ISO 200 f8. Why not 1/125, ISO 100, f11?

megaweb · 24th February 2005

nice shot esp 1st one but they looked over-sharpen for me. Try to compose more space for the object ..

Originally Posted by sumball

Noticed you shot them at 1/500 ISO 200 f8. Why not 1/125, ISO 100, f11?

simple, he was using 300mm , 1/125sec cannot provide stability.

squalle · 24th February 2005

sumball: would you care to elaborate more abt what you mean with over-PS?
About the 1/500 sec, I think the reason has been explained by megaweb. I've got monopod, but I don't feel convenient to move around with it.

megaweb: I think I have to watch out for over-sharpening. my post-processing experience not there yet.

for space wise, what would you recommend? do you mean that it'll be better if the subject not too near to the edges of the image?

megaweb · 24th February 2005

Originally Posted by squalle

for space wise, what would you recommend? do you mean that it'll be better if the subject not too near to the edges of the image?

Yes you are right.

sumball · 24th February 2005

Originally Posted by squalle

sumball: would you care to elaborate more abt what you mean with over-PS?

Simply too over-sharperned as mentioned by Mega.

squalle · 24th February 2005

yea

I guess I used wrong setting for my final sharpening after resizing.
(the setting was for my full res image, and I just pressed ctrl-F without changing the setting. stupid me)

later when I got back home I'll redo

Thanks for the comment, sumball and megaweb
I'm still a newbie

squalle · 24th February 2005

uploaded less sharpened ones

squalle · 24th February 2005

This one also taken on the same day

Petf69 · 24th February 2005

Good attempt!! Keep it up

squalle · 25th February 2005

Another one, but I'm not sure if the name's correct

squalle · 25th February 2005

more to come

Garion · 25th February 2005

Hi squalle, just a personal observation, hope you do not mind me commenting, but just wondering why did you place the copyright symbol watermarking (the big c within a circle) right smack on the butterfly's wings? It detracts from the beauty of these colourful insects, and somewhat spoils my visual enjoyment of them. Personally I would recommend making a smaller watermark, and perhaps try putting somewhere else on the pic except on the butterfly.

Just my 2 cts of comments, good attempts there and do keep shooting...

squalle · 25th February 2005

squalle · 25th February 2005

Originally Posted by Garion

Hi squalle, just a personal observation, hope you do not mind me commenting, but just wondering why did you place the copyright symbol watermarking (the big c within a circle) right smack on the butterfly's wings? It detracts from the beauty of these colourful insects, and somewhat spoils my visual enjoyment of them. Personally I would recommend making a smaller watermark, and perhaps try putting somewhere else on the pic except on the butterfly.
...

Sure I dont mind

Well, I've put that to experiment watermarking, which style that's nice to use.
Maybe the next ones, I'll just omit the C symbol.

squalle · 25th February 2005

macross · 25th February 2005

Hi squalle, the first shot is of a Chilades pandava pandava (Cycad Blue).

sumball · 25th February 2005

It is quite dangerous for not remembering Cycad Blue hor....

macross · 25th February 2005

Originally Posted by sumball

It is quite dangerous for not remembering Cycad Blue hor....

then how come u did not point out? The Cycad Blue shot here is in fact a male CB.

Here's a shot of a Gram Blue for comparision.

sumball · 25th February 2005

Originally Posted by macross

then how come u did not point out? The Cycad Blue shot here is in fact a male CB.

Here's a shot of a Gram Blue for comparision.

I shall leave it to the expert. Just in case,.... then I have to be admited to the hosp liao.

24th February 2005	#1
squalle Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 182	Butterfly shots at AH For your viewing pleasure and comments please. corrected. Last edited by squalle; 25th February 2005 at 12:12 PM.

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squalle Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 182	uploaded less sharpened ones Last edited by squalle; 24th February 2005 at 11:31 PM.

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Garion Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: West side of S'pore Posts: 5,516	Hi squalle, just a personal observation, hope you do not mind me commenting, but just wondering why did you place the copyright symbol watermarking (the big c within a circle) right smack on the butterfly's wings? It detracts from the beauty of these colourful insects, and somewhat spoils my visual enjoyment of them. Personally I would recommend making a smaller watermark, and perhaps try putting somewhere else on the pic except on the butterfly. Just my 2 cts of comments, good attempts there and do keep shooting... __________________ [ deviantart selections \| Photoblog ]

24th February 2005	#2
sumball Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,224	My first look at them, they are over-PSed. Noticed you shot them at 1/500 ISO 200 f8. Why not 1/125, ISO 100, f11?

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Petf69 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,312	Good attempt!! Keep it up

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macross Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bedok Posts: 608	Hi squalle, the first shot is of a Chilades pandava pandava (Cycad Blue).