White Tree Nymph

Papilio · 25th November 2003

Shot at the Penang Butterfly Farm in Sep this year. This species is similar to the one found at the Zoo's Fragile Forest. As some of you may have noted, shooting in a cramped enclosure is sometimes just as challenging as the backgrounds available are less than ideal, due to the closeness of everything else.

The Penang Butterfly Farm is slightly bigger than the one at Sentosa, and has slightly better opportunities as far as backgrounds are concerned. The specimens there are also in better condition than our local offerings.

Shot with Nikkor 105mm micro @ 1/200s ; f/5.6 ; ISO 200.

Sgt. Pepper · 25th November 2003

Very nice. I guess brighter background enhances the details on the butt's wing, im refering to the black pattern. Yes, indeed nicer background than those shots from the Fragile forest.

Papilio · 25th November 2003

Originally Posted by Sgt. Pepper

Very nice. I guess brighter background enhances the details on the butt's wing, im refering to the black pattern. Yes, indeed nicer background than those shots from the Fragile forest.

You're right. Strong backlighting helps show the 'transparency' of the butt's wings. It also depends on the angle of the sunlight if the light is coming from behind the butterfly.

Our Fragile Forest is a bit dark and shady, and unless you can find the Tree Nymph perched somewhere high up near where the elevated platform is, the lower paths usually have poor backgrounds. When I first shot them at Fragile Forest (with a film camera

), I tended to blow out the whites on the butterfly's wings.

megaweb · 26th November 2003

very nice composition

MotherNature · 26th November 2003

I like the composition also.

25th November 2003	#1
Papilio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central Singapore Posts: 973	White Tree Nymph Shot at the Penang Butterfly Farm in Sep this year. This species is similar to the one found at the Zoo's Fragile Forest. As some of you may have noted, shooting in a cramped enclosure is sometimes just as challenging as the backgrounds available are less than ideal, due to the closeness of everything else. The Penang Butterfly Farm is slightly bigger than the one at Sentosa, and has slightly better opportunities as far as backgrounds are concerned. The specimens there are also in better condition than our local offerings. Shot with Nikkor 105mm micro @ 1/200s ; f/5.6 ; ISO 200.

26th November 2003	#4
megaweb Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Posts: 8,106	very nice composition __________________ See my Photo Gallery at the Clubsnap \| Pbase

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Sgt. Pepper Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,149	Very nice. I guess brighter background enhances the details on the butt's wing, im refering to the black pattern. Yes, indeed nicer background than those shots from the Fragile forest.

26th November 2003	#5
MotherNature Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 152	I like the composition also.