To catch a butterfly, a photo from Misiones, North

Photographer's Note

Diaethria Clymena.

This was taken at the Iguassu Falls (Cataratas del Iguazú / Cataratas do Iguaçu) at the Argentinian side.
I was in some place of the metalic catwalk that runs at the upper part and saw many of this small butterflies. I first took a picture of it alone, but my friend managed to make it land on his finger and pose enough time for the picture to be shot. It was something like 1200 hours. I used all the 300mm of my 75-300 zoom lens.

Modified levels a little in PS. Gaussian blur to the background (2.3) and unsharp masking thereafter to the whole picture (settings: 20/50/0).

Update: this picture also shows the same kind of butterfly.

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ephemere33 (9743) 2004-06-10 16:33

est-ce vrai ou pas??...incroyable...je reste bouche bai !!! sans voix !!! du tout bon travail de precision....un grand bravo....bi

divxrs (9) 2004-06-10 16:56

Nice shot my friend! I little bit out of focus, but the image is quite beautiful. Have you seen a 88 number on the butterfly´s wings? ;c) Well done...

bfly (5773) 2004-06-10 17:19

this is beautiful :) it is an 88 and I have never seen a picture of it before..thanks..

waskahegan (0) 2004-06-10 20:32

Suerte o no el cuadro es grande, los detalles son buenos pero también los colores de la piel y de la mariposa. El cuadro tiene lo necesario para ser muy atractivo

ishai (4097) 2004-06-12 7:29

Great shoot
I like the hand in the picture
I like the lighting on the hand but of course the butterfly it the eye catcher
Maybe you can make a whole series from 1 to 100 this will be great
Well done!!!

Mari (11) 2004-06-12 14:30

Es una pequeña lepidóptera!Excelente fotografía, Jürgen, ya que muestra la impresionante combinación de colores de las alas de la mariposa y la diferencia a gran escala entre los tamaños de un dedo de un ser humano con el de la mariposa entera. Felicitaciones!

gardenwife (103) 2004-08-02 1:33

Your patience paid off. I like the lightness of a butterfly on a hand, and your PP is natural looking.

aoe (16) 2005-02-22 21:06

Hello, very good photography and illumination. This variety of butterfly when doing contact with the mucous is extremely dangerous. A photographic adventure although does not seem dangerous. Greetings and congratulations.