Peacock and Tortoiseshell butterflies

[Craigie]

I captured these two butterflies today at a friends garden.
#1 I cheated a bit with the BG, I cloned a flower head on to the top LH side, to fill it out a bit.
Not to success fully, but still a beginner with PS. I did not want to crop it any more, as it would have meant cropping out some of the other insects.
Canon 1100D Canon EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6
C&C welcome

1 f9 1/100sec ISO 100 FL 25mm


2 f9 1/50sec ISO 100 FL 55mm


3 f9 1/25sec ISO 100 FL 55mm

[bnnrcn]

Hi Gary I like the last one very much.Very nice composition and I like the blurred BG. To keep in mind, 1/25 is too slow for such shots though

[madcrow]

Gary, good shots and still sharp after crop

[DickyOZ]

Nice sharp images Gary. It looks like those peacocks take a beating.

[Shadowman]

Nice capture of the colors and shapes.

[Wavelength]

Third one is the best, i think

[JBW]

Hi Gary I like the last one very much.Very nice composition and I like the blurred BG. To keep in mind, 1/25 is too slow for such shots though

i shoot some of my best shots at 0.1s.

[billtils]

Depends on whether hand held or on a tripod (and whether or not the wind is blowing, which in Perth it probably will be - it certainly does here in Auchterarder )

All of the above assumes that you don't have a twitchy subject of course, in which case all bets are off.

[bnnrcn]

+1

Depends on whether hand held or on a tripod (and whether or not the wind is blowing, which in Perth it probably will be - it certainly does here in Auchterarder )

All of the above assumes that you don't have a twitchy subject of course, in which case all bets are off.

[Ziggy]

Really nice job on the last one. Great POV.

[Craigie]

Thanks Binnur #3 is my favourite also.
It is lack of experience re the slow shutter speed. I had my camera set Av and never checked the shutter speed after each shot, lesson learned.

Thanks Maurice, though I should have taken my macro lens and not need to crop as much.

Thanks Richard, seemly these butterflies are very territorial often results in males trying to chase off birds who venture too close to his patch.

Thanks John

Thanks Nandakamur I agree with you there , though the peacock is more colourful.

Thanks John normally I try not to use such a slow shutter speed on these type of shots as I have a tendency of camera shake.

Thanks Bill, it was hand held. Taken in Earn Valley (in your neck of the woods) so it was a bit windy. The butterflies stayed pretty static on the flower heads and were not twitchy.