i think this would have done much, much better if you had adjusted the levels, added a hue/sat layer, dodged & burned the background, added some grain, and cloned out those distracting thingies sitting on the blossoms...
Thanks for the advice skip. I'll start on that right away. ;)
i think this would have done much, much better if you had adjusted the levels, added a hue/sat layer, dodged & burned the background, added some grain, and cloned out those distracting thingies sitting on the blossoms...
Absolutely beautiful....well there's another one that will knock mine of the front page for sure! Great capture, lighting, DOF and Excellent composition. 'Bout as perfect as you can get...the tear in the right Butterfly's wing is hardly your fault and I am sort of glad to see that you did not fix it. I find it only a minor distraction if I dwell on it....which I can't because the rest of the image is just so fine. Can't think of a thing I would change. Much good luck with this one. 10!!
Very sharp photo. Well done. Don't see how the title applies to this one. If the "Dark" is the butterflies, you are stretching it. Still, very nicely done.
Lovely bokeh & interesting composition. You might be reaching with your interpation with dark & light, but heck this was pretty much an open challenge. Excellent job.
oh, iI get it, one butterfly is dark and the other is light. This is a lovely photo. You may want to try cropping just the light butterfly and flower for another version, it took mu breath away as I was scrolling down before I even saw the second one. This composition may even work well selling in advertisement, but I wouldn't submit it to a cheap paying stock site. Maybe to the Almay Stock Agency. I hear they pay better. 10 for sure
looks kind of like you took a picture of butterfly then dodged one & burnt the other to make it fit the challenge. If it had been a spicebush swallow tail and a tiger swallowtail, that would have worked.
Excellent clarity. I think the title is just a bit of a stretch, but won't fault you for that. I think this might be a little better if cropped to show just one flower and one butterfly.
I love the springy greens with the splashes of pink. The composition guides your eye from one side to the other without being busy. The varying heights is well balanced but not expected. The butterflies were certainly cooperative for the shot weren't they? Very pretty indeed.
Excellent photo. I know it is hard to get up close to this species of butterfly and have them hold still long enough to get a great photo. Good job - 9
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