Butterfly on Purple Flower

© Rahul Sharma

Butterfly on Purple Flower

Uploaded: July 15, 2007

Description

This shot was taken during my recent trip to Nainital (A Hill Resort in Uttaranchal - India). I saw a butterfly on a beautiful purple flower on a small tree near the Big Naini Lake. It was so beautiful view that I could'nt resist shotting 5-6 pictures from different angles.

Camera - Canon S3IS
Aperture - F3.5
Shutter - 1/400
Time of the Day - Late Afternoon
Lens - In Built Lens at Highest Focul Length


Comments

Vikram Jamwal July 26, 2007

Wonderful shot! #699487

VISHVAJIT JUIKAR level-deluxe July 30, 2007

good composition, higher F stop would have helped to get more details #4578566

Rahul Sharma July 30, 2007

Thanks Vikram & Vishvajit for the nice comments and feedback... #4578675

Sam Britt August 06, 2007

Terrific butterfly capture, Rahul. I can see why this is an EFP. #4611113

Lynn Haack August 23, 2007

Rahul...beautiful close-up of this butterfly and flower. Nice comp and clarity. You are mastering this Powershot S3 rather quickly! Congrats on all of your well-deserved EFP'S...Lynn #4690591

Nilesh J. Bhange September 19, 2007

Nice shot!
since it's a afternoon shot one can see the bright lights & shadows here but really it's difficult to anything in this situation. #4814359

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