Wow, great shot, unfortunately my new Butterflies of Australia book does not have this little guy in there... What size is this one? I'd be thinking about a Jezebel or similar if he/she is only small.
@bobfoto Robert identified it and it is a Graphium agamemnon - and according to Wikipedia, it is a common, nonthreatened species native to India, Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia and into Australia. Several geographic races are recognized. It was quite large too!
@dcr and @bobfoto
Drew & Jason - Do you know how to avoid the shine on their eyes? I didn't use a flash and the light in her eyes is coming from the bright natural sunlight. So short of blocking the light by a reflector or similar with one hand (and then trying to manually focus and take the shot with the other hand AND hoping the butterfly doesn't move in the meantime ... impossible I would think LOL) I don't know if there is anything I can do?
@zferrie
Zoe have you tried bringing the highlights down in post? It won't get rid of it all but will certainly help.
This is one of the downfalls of shooting in strong natural light. You're probably better off using your flash and diffusing it so you can control your light source. Strong natural light is a massive pain to shoot in.
@dcr Thanks Drew, my husband is off the US just now and bringing me back a Canon Speedlite 430EX and a diffuser so hopefully that will fix my problem! I will work on them in PS too as hadn't really tried that yet.
@bobfoto@dmcrisp I am using a Canon Macro Lens EF 100mm ... it's amazing & I just love it and it's hardly ever off my camera! It's a great portrait lens as I just took some photos of a friends dog and they look really good too!
@wahyusp That's very true, I had a close look at the eye's on the other shots, all taken from different angles, and they almost all have the same problem with their eyes ... so going to try going about 4pm next time when the sun is lower and see if that helps.
@pennymilner I wish! Maybe our tutor should pay a visit to 365 and see how his students are actually doing when not working on extremely vague assignments! And speaking of which have you submitted your next assignment yet?
@zferrie Nooooooo!!!! Have so many ideas for shots but execution a problem! No good light, equipment, blah, blah , blah. have given myself until the end of May!
@bobfoto Robert identified it and it is a Graphium agamemnon - and according to Wikipedia, it is a common, nonthreatened species native to India, Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia and into Australia. Several geographic races are recognized. It was quite large too!
Drew & Jason - Do you know how to avoid the shine on their eyes? I didn't use a flash and the light in her eyes is coming from the bright natural sunlight. So short of blocking the light by a reflector or similar with one hand (and then trying to manually focus and take the shot with the other hand AND hoping the butterfly doesn't move in the meantime ... impossible I would think LOL) I don't know if there is anything I can do?
Zoe have you tried bringing the highlights down in post? It won't get rid of it all but will certainly help.
This is one of the downfalls of shooting in strong natural light. You're probably better off using your flash and diffusing it so you can control your light source. Strong natural light is a massive pain to shoot in.
Lucky girl!!!! I'm insanely jealous. So want a 430!
Rob is impressive with his knowledge.
What lens are you using?
This is one cool photo.
i think ...changing the angle of view or the angle of light source, but if it is a really bright sunlight, it doent help much.
http://365project.org/chason_htx/365/2011-05-09