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Akira

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Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« on: October 02, 2016, 11:39:35 »
All are in full bloom.
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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2016, 12:37:19 »
#4 great one
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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2016, 13:35:21 »
Thank you, Fons!
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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2016, 13:55:44 »
I like 4, 5 and 6.

Thank you!

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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2016, 14:02:10 »
Dave, glad you like them!
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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2016, 15:43:23 »
Very well done!
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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2016, 16:05:52 »
I love #4494. It leaves generous space for imagination!
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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2016, 16:33:37 »
Quote from: Frank Fremerey on October 02, 2016, 16:05:52
I love #4494. It leaves generous space for imagination!
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My fav as well. Nice series Akira. Looks very colorful out there.
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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2016, 16:54:40 »
I like them on Facebook already  8)
The first butterfly is very confusing, I always get drawn to the fake eyes on the back of the wings :)
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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2016, 17:55:25 »
Akira - Nice shots, thanks for posting. The butterflies are mostly gone in these parts.
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Akira

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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2016, 18:53:49 »
Quote from: Andrew on October 02, 2016, 15:43:23
Very well done!
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Thanks, Andrew.  All images were shot with the humble AF-S 50/1.8G, and cropped to various degrees.  The closeups of the butterflies were cropped quite heavily.  The camera was D750 set at ISO200.

Quote from: Frank Fremerey on October 02, 2016, 16:05:52
I love #4494. It leaves generous space for imagination!

Frank and Anirban, I also like this kind of images for the same reason.  Thanks for kind comments.

Quote from: Jakov Minić on October 02, 2016, 16:54:40
I like them on Facebook already  8)
The first butterfly is very confusing, I always get drawn to the fake eyes on the back of the wings :)

Yup, thanks for "like it" over there.  :)  The butterfly is fairly common in Japan, but I'd never noticed that fake until I clopped the imges.  :D

Tom, glad you like them.  They were busy in sucking nectar for their last bit tusks...
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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2016, 00:42:18 »
a nice short study series. Mongo likes #4 and 5 best.
#5 is probably the best of them because it has so many different points of appeal in the one image. BTW , the colour in these is great. 
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Akira

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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2016, 01:54:17 »
Mongo, thanks!

After some discussion in another thread, I found that Adobe Standard color profile is applied in ACR regardless of the Picture Control settings in the camera.  So, I experimented with the Picture Control pulldown menu in ACR before I adjust exposure, contrast, etc.  I fouind that the Picture Control did amazing job and makes the post process very easy.
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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2016, 04:19:41 »
Great series Akira

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Re: Cosmos sulphureus and some guests
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2016, 04:26:50 »
Thanks, Armando!
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