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Monarch Butterfly-S3
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mtndew
Senior Member
Nice shot. How far were you from the butterfly?
Your background blurred very nicely with a green tone to it. Well done.
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Rick,
Hooked on super zooms
Your background blurred very nicely with a green tone to it. Well done.
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Rick,
Hooked on super zooms
Thanks Rick.
I don't remember how far I was exactly from the butterfly, but I know I shot it at 432mm equiv. & f3.5
I liked trying to get as close as possible while using the S3 at full telephoto, in macro mode, to maximize those blurred backgrounds.
Dan.
I don't remember how far I was exactly from the butterfly, but I know I shot it at 432mm equiv. & f3.5
I liked trying to get as close as possible while using the S3 at full telephoto, in macro mode, to maximize those blurred backgrounds.
Dan.
glenncombs
Senior Member
Dan,
A nice image of the Monarch. The early Canon S series cameras were good ones for their day, and still very useful in producing good photography. I still do use mine. Here is a shot that I took of a Monarch Butterfly in November 2005, with my then new Canon S2 model, very similar to the S3.
Glenn
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Canon S2, A610, SD880
A nice image of the Monarch. The early Canon S series cameras were good ones for their day, and still very useful in producing good photography. I still do use mine. Here is a shot that I took of a Monarch Butterfly in November 2005, with my then new Canon S2 model, very similar to the S3.
Glenn
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Canon S2, A610, SD880
dudleydocker
Forum Enthusiast
Glenn,
That is a Gulf Fritillary Butterfly, not a Monarch. I updated my S2 with an S5, but still prefer the old S2, especially for 'macro' shots such as these with the lens at full zoom....
That is a Gulf Fritillary Butterfly, not a Monarch. I updated my S2 with an S5, but still prefer the old S2, especially for 'macro' shots such as these with the lens at full zoom....
glenncombs
Senior Member
Well, thanks for that information. I like to watch butterflies, but haven't a clue as to what they are. We have seen a lot of bright yellow ones around Northeast Louisiana for the past couple of years. We have tropical hibiscus that they seem to be attracted to in yellow, red and orange colors. They will sleep on them at night. (Or whatever they're doing; not sure about the sleep, either)
Here is another one, which you may be able to identify. It was not quite as good a focus, as my other image, but I was attracted to the butterfly with the Fall colors of leaves.
Glenn
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Canon S2, A610, SD880
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Beautiful shot! Your butterfly is a Queen butterfly though. Colors on the closed Monarch wings are duller than when open plus there are extra white spots on the Queen not found on the Monarch. I raise Monarchs every summer and have many photos of them....here is one I took last year with my S2.
Beautiful shot! Your butterfly is a Queen butterfly though. Colors on the closed Monarch wings are duller than when open plus there are extra white spots on the Queen not found on the Monarch. I raise Monarchs every summer and have many photos of them....here is one I took last year with my S2.
CarFreak8394
Leading Member
Whenever I see butterflies, they are fluttering around everywhere like the world is ending. I can never get one to sit still. lol. Nice job, though. Especially with such an old camera. (;
I just ran across this shot from a couple of years ago, taken with my
old S3.
Very nice tele-macro abilities on the "old" S3.
Dan.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tim_degilio/
Tim.
Canon A560
Canon G10 with 4GB Class 6 SDHC Memory Card
Canon SD870IS with 1 GB Sandisk and 2GB Kingston Memory Card
Sony H-50 with 1GB, 2GB, & 4GB Mark ll Memory Cards and Info-Lithium Battery
dudleydocker
Forum Enthusiast
I really like the S2's capability to zoom in from 5 or 6 feet to get a decent shot without chasing the subject to the next county...
A few of my attempts are at
http://public.fotki.com/f8/temp/
dd
A few of my attempts are at
http://public.fotki.com/f8/temp/
dd
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