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I've received quite a number questions concerning
my butterfly images so I thought I'd respond to some of these below:
The images are of live butterflies. The pictures of North American
butterflies were taken in nearby fields, parks, and in my backyard.
The tropical butterfly images were taken at various butterfly conservatories
in the US, Canada and Costa Rica.
I use a Nikon 6006 35mm camera and various zoom lenses. For
practically all these macro shots I've used extension tubes. Sometimes
I use a flash, depending on how much available light there is, but
I always strive to match the ambient lighting for more natural looking
backgrounds. I handhold the camera since these are live butterflies
and they don't stay still long enough to set-up a tripod. I
use primarily print film (Kodak and Fuji) with ASA of 100 and 200.
Some of the image were taken with slide film but I've found that my
scans come out better with the print film.
I use a Canon FS2710 film scanner and use Photoshop for the final
digital imaging. I hope you enjoy these and let me know what you
think in my GuestBook.
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