Orange Blossom Treat
A Painted Lady Butterfly feeding on the sweet nectar of an Orange Tree Blossom.
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Taken with 300mm telephoto lens.
Taken in Program or “P” Mode in which the camera automatically sets the aperture and shutter based upon the available light.
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jesika, about 1 month ago
Wonderful Painted Lady, beautiful butterfly
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aphoto4you, about 1 month ago
beautiful PAINTED LADY butterfly steven…
S.I. Sheehan, about 1 month ago
Gosh, this is stunning work….. Such beauty is a pure pleasure to view….. ~S
GregV, about 1 month ago
Such a pity that one of the wings is blurry. It’s a beautiful shot, Steven! Is the colour in the background the blue of the sky? It gives a strange/original touch to the picture…
Steven Love in reply to GregV’s comment, about 1 month ago
Yes, the sky is real. The effect is from the camera setting.
The reason the wings have a little blur is because the focus was on the Butterfly’s head and the flower.
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But part of it is also because in “P” Mode the depth of field is sometimes a little on the shallow side. I actually tried to take another photo with a higher F setting to get a better DOF but the Butterfly flew away before I could get the camera ready.
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That’s always the problem when working with wildlife. You have to take what you can get because wild creatures often don’t behave the way you would like.
MelyndaJill, 23 days ago
Very nice. I love butterfly pics, as you know