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Swallowtail

© Shirley D. Freeman

Swallowtail

Uploaded: August 07, 2017 | Entered: August 07, 2017 07:21:34

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I took this last week at the Botanical Gardens with my Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 100-400 mm L lens, with 1.4 X teleconverter attached (total 560 mm), handheld at f8, 1/400 (meant to be higher, but I was shooting manual exposure and didn't change it), ISO 1250. I was pleased that I could hold it that steady and get the shot this well.

Comments

Candace M. Cleveland August 07, 2017

Beautiful capture Shirley. Wonderful when things work out!! #1693186

Shirley D. Freeman August 07, 2017

Thank you, Candace. Yes, you are right, it is wonderful when things work out, and in this case it did for me. <>< #11628937

Chuck Green level-classic August 07, 2017

Stunning image, Shirley! <>< #11629049

Shirley D. Freeman August 07, 2017

Thank you, Chuck, I appreciate that. <>< #11629051

John Koepfer @PresentPleasures August 07, 2017

Shirley this is indeed an excellent shot, very steady hands, beautiful color and light and I love the composition!!! #11629118

Joanna Kovalcsik level-classic August 08, 2017

Absolutely lovely, Shirley!!! Fav!!! #11629225

Shirley D. Freeman August 08, 2017 1

Thank you, John and Joanna, I do appreciate that. <>< #11629267

Teresa L. Brooks August 08, 2017

Beautiful colors, composition and details. #11629270

Shirley D. Freeman August 08, 2017

Thank you, Teresa. <>< #11629275

Rudi Reiner level-classic August 08, 2017

Superb colors and detail Shirley, bet we see this shot again! #11629514

Shirley D. Freeman August 09, 2017

Thank you, Rudi, that is very kind of you. <>< #11629593

Nancy L. Green level-classic August 10, 2017

I bet we see this wear gold Shirley, this is STUNNING!!! <>< #11629920

Shirley D. Freeman August 10, 2017

Thank you, Nancy, I appreciate that. <>< #11629952

G. Margaret Hennes level-classic August 12, 2017

Beautiful capture, Shirley! #11630731

Shirley D. Freeman August 13, 2017

Thank you, Margaret. I appreciate that. <>< #11630844

Leslie McLain level-classic August 16, 2017

Beautiful capture, Shirley. #11631874

Shirley D. Freeman August 16, 2017

Thank you, Leslie. <>< #11631885

Rita K. Connell level-classic August 19, 2017

wonderful shot, the clarity and focus is spot on #11632608

Shirley D. Freeman August 19, 2017

Thank you, Rita. <>< #11632645

Bob D. Hall level-classic August 22, 2017

Fantastic shot, Shirley! Remarkable you could hand hold this steady at that range and have so little noise at that ISO! Great job! #11632976

Shirley D. Freeman August 22, 2017

Thank you, Bob. Yes, I was very fortunate to get this shot as well as I did. I had the camera drive mode set to high speed continuous, and I think that helped. At least one of the shots was sharp. Whenever I am using the long lens, I use that setting. The 5D Mark III does pretty good at low noise, but I did remove some in Lightroom and I think I used Nik Define as well. <>< #11632985

Gerda Grice level-classic August 24, 2017

Great DOF, detail and colours in this beautiful capture, Shirley! #11633489

Shirley D. Freeman August 24, 2017

Thank you, Gerda. <>< #11633594

Janet Daniel October 01, 2017

Such an amazing macro, Shirley! Big congrats on your win! #11645305

John Koepfer @PresentPleasures October 01, 2017

Super macro and gold winner Shirley, huge congratulations!! #11645430

Shirley D. Freeman October 01, 2017

Thank you, Janet and John. Much appreciated. <>< #11645445

Bob D. Hall level-classic October 01, 2017

Big congrats on your eye catching macro, Shirley!! #11645458

Shirley D. Freeman October 01, 2017

Thank you so much. <>< #11645461

Tammy M. Anderson level-deluxe October 01, 2017

Outstanding capture and winner. Congrats!! #11645556

Patrick Rouzes level-classic October 01, 2017

Big Congrats on your Winner, Shirley! #11645606

Shirley D. Freeman October 01, 2017

Thank you, Tammy and Patrick. <>< #11645638

Emile Abbott level-classic October 02, 2017

Stunning macro and congrats Shirley on Gold Winner. #11645940

Shirley D. Freeman October 02, 2017

Thank you, Emile. <>< #11645993

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe October 07, 2017

Congrats Shirley on your impressive Win! #11647521

Shirley D. Freeman October 07, 2017

Thank you, Jeff. This will also be POTD at IR on Oct 16th. <>< #11647603

Chuck Green level-classic October 22, 2017

Shirley, congrats on your stunning winner! What is IR? <>< #11651367

Shirley D. Freeman October 24, 2017

Thank you, Chuck. It stands for Image Resources. They have a little contest on there that I submit to once in awhile. They only let you do 2 a month! <>< #11651729

Jill Odice level-classic November 09, 2018

Sharp and colorful! Beautiful and a worthy winner! #11736149

Shirley D. Freeman November 09, 2018

Thank you, Jill. <>< #11736150

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