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Challenge: Circle II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Westminster, CO
Date: Mar 10, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30s
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2007

 My recent trip to the Butterfly Pavilion (Westminster, CO) was very interesting - I got lots of neat photos.

This is actually the less attractive side of this wildly popular blue butterfly, the Blue Morpho. I couldn't get one of these guys to open its wings for the life of me. But that worked out, because this side has circles. =)

Lots of PP (hope it's not too obvious - I like subtlety):
- Crop a bit
- Levels to bring up the blue
- Selective sharpening and USM
- Hue/saturation
- Selective reduction of yellows
- Blurred soft light layer
- Blurred luminosity layer

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03/16/2007 04:01:04 PM
beautiful!
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 03/14/2007 06:15:27 AM
beautiful macro
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 03/13/2007 02:23:00 PM
Lovely shot! Nature often outdoes even our most colourful and "modern" artworks!
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