Great Eggfly

Papilio · 7th December 2003

Taken at Sg Buloh Wetlands Reserve. For those who are taking a break from shooting birdies during this migratory season over there, macro opportunities can also be found at SBWR.

This butterfly is almost a resident species at SBWR, making occasional appearances along the paths. Its habit is to fly around a few favourite perches (usually above human height), and return repeatly to these perches time and again.

Shot at ISO 200, f7.1 @ 1/320s

SuperRaY · 7th December 2003

the head is off focus overall a nice shot with clean background, did you use a flash to fill in ?

Papilio · 7th December 2003

Originally Posted by SuperRaY

the head is off focus overall a nice shot with clean background, did you use a flash to fill in ?

Good observation. Passable shot for me, cos the eyes are not really as sharp as I would want it. Just posting a species other than the usual ones that are being shot here.

No flash used here. It was in bright sunshine, and I just cranked up the exposure compensation to brighten up the dark subject. +0.7EV.

SuperRaY · 7th December 2003

i see, it will be a gd shot if the whole of the butterfly was in focus

keep shooting

Falcon · 7th December 2003

Good capture.

Papilio · 7th December 2003

Originally Posted by Falcon

Good capture.

Thanks, Falcon. Upgrading to the DSC-F828 yet?

Saw it in the papers under the Sony promotions today.

Falcon · 7th December 2003

Originally Posted by Papilio

Thanks, Falcon. Upgrading to the DSC-F828 yet? Saw it in the papers under the Sony promotions today.

Not upgrading/downgrading to F828 but I am rather impressed with this camera.

Hope I can make some time to go to SBWR one of these days during my holidays. Been there only once so far.

Sgt. Pepper · 7th December 2003

Well, Im staring on my monitor for a couple of seconds just to check the OOF butt's head. It's look just fine for me though, I can still se the details on the eyes.. Even the 2 antenae look well focused although a bit soft.

Nice catch!

Papilio · 7th December 2003

Originally Posted by Sgt. Pepper

Well, Im staring on my monitor for a couple of seconds just to check the OOF butt's head. It's look just fine for me though, I can still se the details on the eyes.. Even the 2 antenae look well focused although a bit soft.

Nice catch!

Thanks. The eyes are slightly soft, though. This wasn't taken with my usual macro lens though, so perhaps it doesn't qualify to be in this forum!

This was shot at the 300mm end of a Tamron 28-300mm. Handholding at 1/320s is about as far as I can go without resorting to a tripod.

megaweb · 8th December 2003

very nice shot with good exposure and composition ..

Garion · 8th December 2003

Originally Posted by Papilio

Thanks. The eyes are slightly soft, though. This wasn't taken with my usual macro lens though, so perhaps it doesn't qualify to be in this forum! This was shot at the 300mm end of a Tamron 28-300mm. Handholding at 1/320s is about as far as I can go without resorting to a tripod.

Well, it still can be considered a macro shot although its not taken with a macro lens.

Nice capture with good background. The eye is just slightly OOF though not that noticeable. Thanks for sharing.

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Papilio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central Singapore Posts: 985	Great Eggfly Taken at Sg Buloh Wetlands Reserve. For those who are taking a break from shooting birdies during this migratory season over there, macro opportunities can also be found at SBWR. This butterfly is almost a resident species at SBWR, making occasional appearances along the paths. Its habit is to fly around a few favourite perches (usually above human height), and return repeatly to these perches time and again. Shot at ISO 200, f7.1 @ 1/320s

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megaweb Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Posts: 8,125	very nice shot with good exposure and composition .. __________________ See my Photo Gallery at the Clubsnap \| Pbase

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SuperRaY Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 342	the head is off focus overall a nice shot with clean background, did you use a flash to fill in ?

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Falcon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,876	Good capture.

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Sgt. Pepper Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,149	Well, Im staring on my monitor for a couple of seconds just to check the OOF butt's head. It's look just fine for me though, I can still se the details on the eyes.. Even the 2 antenae look well focused although a bit soft. Nice catch!