in a butterfly the pros and cons of telephoto

[Nicola]

Hi all
I've been away for a while, and I'm so sad for this
my camera is buried in the box since summer
I've just found a moment to practice a bit on PP with the last pictures I got

So I found this picture taken with my 70-300 L lens.
I do like the sharpness of this lens up to 300mm
I do like it also because with my 100mm macro I would have scared the butterfly before getting enough close
I do not like so much the narrow DoF that I got at 300mm f\11

your comments on this image are very welcomed

thank you!
have a good day
Nicola

[deetheturk]

Hi Nicola,nice image,if this was my image i would try and reduce the highlights a touch to try and bring back some detail in the wings,hope this helps.

Cheers David

[Wavelength]

Liked it; need a bit sharpening?
Regards

[Geoff F]

Some of the problems of macro photography.

A limited depth of sharp focus means that while the flower, head and antennae are perfectly sharp the wing extremities are soft.

But impossible to do anything else with just one shot. It is something you just have to accept with this sort of photography.

The exposure is a fraction excessive on the whites, which have lost some of the detail. But, once again, a common problem with this one shot method. And frequently there is only time for one quick shot.

If there was time, I would have taken a batch of shots with different exposure compensation. This would mean that getting the wings perfect resulted in some excessively dark shadow areas. Although they could probably have been recovered with some careful editing.

Possibly Pieris brassicae?

All in all, a nice composition.