Just Visiting

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I happened across this butterfly visiting a thistle on the trail to the Black Mesa summit.  It took a number of shots before the butterfly would cooperate and show his full colors but he finally did.

The raw image of this shot had quite a bit more color in the rock background.  I found that detracting from the butterfly and thistle so I toned down the saturation of the rock during the post processing of this shot.

Date:  10/7/2005

Location:  Black Mesa Wildlife Refuge

Camera:  Canon 20D

Lens:  18-55mm Telephoto

Tv: 1/200

Av: f/11

ISO: 100

Post Processing: Photoshop