Butterfly

[JBW]

But these are flowers that fly and all but sing:
And now from having ridden out desire
They lie closed over in the wind and cling
Where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire.
~Robert Frost, “Blue-Butterfly Day”

Robert Frost’s ‘Blue-Butterfly Day’ and the butterfly in our garden were made for each other. Sony Alpha a58 ~ Tamron 90mm 272E ~ ISO 100 ~ F/9 ~ 1/80s ~ Manual ~ Natural Light ~ Fiji

[Wavelength]

Very nice image

[bje07]

Net on the eye as desired

[JBW]

Net on the eye as desired

I have been working on my manual focus skills

[JBW]

Very nice image

She just landed where I was.

[DanK]

Nice capture. The focus on the eyes seems sharp to me. However, most of the rest is out of focus, so you have lost the delicate surface of the wings. Only two things to do to help with that. One is to shoot at a narrower aperture. However, that might require more than natural light. I generally shoot things like this at f/13 with a diffused flash, but I realize that the additional off-balance weight of the flash may not be practical for you. The other option is to turn so that the bug is closer to parallel to the sensor, so more of the bug falls within the DOF.

[madcrow]

All that hard work is paying off, great focus on the eye.

[Shadowman]

Nice one.

[JBW]

Nice capture. The focus on the eyes seems sharp to me. However, most of the rest is out of focus, so you have lost the delicate surface of the wings. Only two things to do to help with that. One is to shoot at a narrower aperture. However, that might require more than natural light. I generally shoot things like this at f/13 with a diffused flash, but I realize that the additional off-balance weight of the flash may not be practical for you. The other option is to turn so that the bug is closer to parallel to the sensor, so more of the bug falls within the DOF.

This was a serendipitous shot. The Butterfly landed at almost prime focus in front of me. I dialed in the focus and the other stuff and fired away. She left after 4 or 5 shots. I rarely use flash. I had no chance to re-position.

[JBW]

All that hard work is paying off, great focus on the eye.

Sony offers the option of peak level focusing. It can give exceptional result.

[JBW]

Nice one.

it dud work nicely