Another attraction of the orchid farms around Chiang Mai is their butterfly enclosures, but to be honest the one I visited was quite disappointing, with only a few varieties to be found. The silver lining was that when I developed my photos I found one that really struck me; I think it’s one of my favourite photographs so far: the pale brown background really suits the central butterfly, which is nice and clear.

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Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL + 400 — f/6.3, 1/160 sec, ISO 400, 250 mm
I was particularly happy with another image from this batch: the bright red flower is nicely lit but it’s the background that makes the scene for me, really capturing the essence of “jungle”:

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Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL + 400 — f/5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 400, 32 mm
And here is the set:
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- camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL aperture: F5.6 focal_length: 129mm ISO: 400 shutter_speed: 1/80 created_timestamp: 2011:07:11 14:50:22
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- camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL aperture: F5.6 focal_length: 65mm ISO: 400 shutter_speed: 1/125 created_timestamp: 2011:07:11 14:51:43
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- camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL aperture: F5.6 focal_length: 59mm ISO: 400 shutter_speed: 1/125 created_timestamp: 2011:07:11 14:52:21
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- camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL aperture: F5.6 focal_length: 32mm ISO: 400 shutter_speed: 1/125 created_timestamp: 2011:07:11 14:54:05
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- camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL aperture: F6.3 focal_length: 250mm ISO: 400 shutter_speed: 1/125 created_timestamp: 2011:07:11 14:52:58
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- camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL aperture: F6.3 focal_length: 250mm ISO: 400 shutter_speed: 1/250 created_timestamp: 2011:07:11 14:53:31
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- camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL aperture: F6.3 focal_length: 250mm ISO: 400 shutter_speed: 1/80 created_timestamp: 2011:07:11 14:58:00
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- camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL aperture: F6.3 focal_length: 250mm ISO: 400 shutter_speed: 1/160 created_timestamp: 2011:07:11 14:57:46
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- camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL aperture: F6.3 focal_length: 218mm ISO: 400 shutter_speed: 1/160 created_timestamp: 2011:07:11 14:55:28
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- camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL aperture: F6.3 focal_length: 250mm ISO: 400 shutter_speed: 1/125 created_timestamp: 2011:07:11 14:58:22
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- camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL aperture: F6.3 focal_length: 250mm ISO: 400 shutter_speed: 1/100 created_timestamp: 2011:07:11 14:58:37