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7/29/04d - Blue Bug 2

Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD

Although I like the colors, I overdid it with the blue adjustment.

Another feast day. I visited the butterfly exhibit at Wheaton (MD) Regional Park's Brookside Gardens today. I spent most of the time trying to shoot one of the irridescent blue beggars (not the Latin name) -- to no avail. The damn things flutter around all the time (got a new appreciation for Mohammid Ali), and when they do light, they close their wings and show only a drab brown with eyeball-like circles (evidentally designed to scare of mean bugs and photographers). Instead, I got shots of more leisurely critters. Note: Lone flowers are usually due to a slow shutter finger. PS mainly to de-emphasize background, if at all.

Nikon D70 ,Sigma 100-300mm f4 EX
1/640s f/8.0 at 195.0mm iso1000 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time29-Jul-2004 13:24:20
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D70
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length195 mm
Exposure Time1/640 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent1000
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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