Butterfly Garden

doenoe · Post by **doenoe** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:40 am

Last week i went to Amsterdam Zoo (Artis) and i had some fun the the butterfly garden. It was rather cold and rainy so why not spend your time in a greenhouse with loads of models.
I shot these all with a Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 105 2.8 macro and a speedlite with a lumiquest softbox on it (which i probably forgot to pack when i went home again) Settings: ISO400 (forgot to change it, but neatimage is a great help when it comes to noise), 1/200, F14
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Thanks for looking
Greetz Daan

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:51 pm

I love the portrait and the second one. I'm not sure if the up-lighting works in the third one.

Harold

Aynia · Post by **Aynia** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:53 am

Wow, love the first two.

Jbailey · Post by **Jbailey** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:56 am

The lighting on the third photo looks fine to me. It adds drama to it. All are very nice. I've got to go to the local (25 miles each way) butterfly garden someday and try my hand.

I have the sigma lens, too.

Jim

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:48 pm

Nice details in the first and second but that third one is a killer, very nice!

doenoe · Post by **doenoe** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:00 am

Thanks for the replies everyone

Im really happy with that Sigma, its a pretty sharp lens. Everyone now and then it cant find a focus point and it keeps on searching (yeah i know, i should shoot manual) But most of the time the focus is spot on

Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:15 pm

I really like the first photo, it just looks great and makes my eyes inspect the details.

Erland

Dread · Post by **Dread** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:00 am

first one is definitely a favorite, great perspective, sharpness, and the subject is pretty awesome too!

doenoe · Post by **doenoe** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:02 am

thanks guys