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Dryas iulia (Julia)
Dryas iulia (Julia)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Orange (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Desert Botanical Gardens Phoenix, Arizona USA
Date: Mar 18, 2004
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320th
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 22, 2004

 Commonly called a Julia, this butterfly is native to the Lesser Antilles islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Carribean.

Image was rotated and cropped. It had selective color applied to better bring out yellow and lavender. Brightness/contrast was adjusted. Neat Image used to reduce background noise and a bit of USM applied as a final touch.


Statistics
Place: 15 out of 383
Avg (all users): 6.3902
Avg (commenters): 8.1111
Avg (participants): 6.2639
Avg (non-participants): 6.5417
Views since voting: 1462
Votes: 264
Comments: 21
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 02/26/2005 07:36:02 PM
Dave,

I really like this photo--the colors are brilliant!

Jennifer
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/30/2004 05:19:34 AM
great composition and DOF!
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 03/29/2004 06:24:03 PM
Excellent shot, crisp and well-composed. 10
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 03/29/2004 10:08:04 AM
This is beautiful. Perhaps the perfect photograph.
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 03/29/2004 02:41:39 AM
Looks great. Full house.
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 03/28/2004 04:47:38 PM
great detail on the 'fly but you could pay a bit more attention to the backgrounds. The yellow spots in particular distract
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 03/28/2004 02:54:23 PM
Exceptional composition!!! Great color!!! A 10 in my opinion!
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 03/27/2004 04:08:07 AM
Excellent, I love this! It makes a nice change from the usual side-view that people choose when taking pictures of butterflies.
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 03/25/2004 03:40:42 PM
Beautiful shot, great colors. detail is outstanding.
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 03/25/2004 03:24:41 PM
Nicely captured. Love the colors and the depth of field. 10
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 03/25/2004 11:48:46 AM
You did a great job focusing, because the wings are in focus and the petals are not the butterfly is the main subject even thought my eye is drawn to the petals of the flower first. Also, the pink shadows the orange nicely. Nice choice on the diagonal composition as well.
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 03/25/2004 11:38:08 AM
beautiful.
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 03/25/2004 12:36:17 AM
My favourite shot of the challenge, absolutely perfect. 10
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 03/24/2004 03:42:18 PM
Beautiful colors and lighting. The focus is fine also.
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 03/24/2004 10:40:04 AM
purple and background distracts
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 03/24/2004 06:16:49 AM
Great.
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 03/24/2004 03:02:55 AM
I absolutely love this shot. Excellent use of dof, great lighting, great composition. Excellent focus.... :-)
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 03/24/2004 01:32:53 AM
Absolutely love it. Excellent shot.
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 03/23/2004 11:01:42 PM
This is really good but it would have been great with a clean backdrop - so difficult to do outside.
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 03/23/2004 07:35:50 PM
Oh man... this is awesome!
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 03/23/2004 07:24:35 PM
Wow, great photo. Awesome color, contrast and focus. Good lighting! 10!!
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