Post Your Best Nature Shots!

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Canon Rebel XS with Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM and Canon EF 1.4x II Extender
@ 420mm, 1/500, f/8, ISO 400


I was leaving the trail to head to Point Reyes National Seashore from Pinnacles National Monument. Saw this beautiful butterfly fly around me a few times and then land on these flowers. So I just had to get a shot. So hard to take shots at macro focusing distances and 420mm. I put the camera to manual focus and the minimum focus distance, but I kept taking shots with the back wing in focus. Finally I got some good shots with the head/face in focus.


Had to do some burning and dodging because 11am sun is just to harsh! Flowers were overexposed and the butterfly was slightly underexposed. Like how it came out though.


Anybody know the name of the butterfly?

Powers-brent


I like this shot very much, besides the butterfly and the flowers, the background looks very pleasing too.

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Originally Posted by powers_brent

11am sun is just to harsh!

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I often have to take pictures at noon, no choice but still enjoy it.

Trip to Rocky Mtn Natl Park a few years ago. Rebel XTi, 100mm F/2.8 @ 2.8, 1/250s, handheld. C&C welcome.





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From my trip to España


a caracol


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Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
Image Date: 2010:05:14 11:17:28
Focal Length: 105.0mm
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
ISO equiv: 160
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No
Color Space: sRGB

Canon 7D, f/5.6 (24-70 L), 1/250, ev -2/3, ISO 100





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Canon 7D, f/5.6 @52mm (f/2.8 L), ISO 100, 1/20, ev -1.67





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Wow that's some fantastic scenery Erno, I'd like to see a bit of the skyline in the second shot but they're both great. Where were they taken?


Ben

Hiya Ben, that was Bryce Canyon, Utah. A photo opportunity is literally around every corner. Head to the southwest American Desert if you can. The skyline was left out as it was one of those dull-grey sky mornings. I had some better skies down the road in Northern Arizona.





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A 'pseudo-HDR' snapshop from my Sony DSC-TX5 point and shoot in Page, Arizona.





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Originally Posted by erno james

Head to the southwest American Desert if you can.

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I would but I'd probably have to put new shoes on - it's precisely 8,062.8 miles or 12,975.8 km from over here in the middle of Australia. Add about another 1,200m to that as I'm at this moment that far underground at work. [Y] Man I just love night shift...


Cheers, Ben.