capture: tripod, dedicated flash with diffuser, 40-150mm lens with 25mm extention tube
post: seperate adjustments of contrast and exposure to butterfly, foreground leaaves and background. Color balance to butterfly to adjust contrast and color, and hue/sat.
Statistics
Place: 54 out of 165 Avg (all users): 5.9326 Avg (commenters): 7.5714 Avg (participants): 6.0746 Avg (non-participants): 5.8571 Views since voting: 1707 Views during voting: 299 Votes: 193 Comments: 9 Favorites: 4 (view)
Beautiful butterfly capture. Following more of a classic 'motivational poster' design and including a keyword which embodies the messsage you convery here would probably have jumped this up quite a bit in the ranking. Still at 5.9, the photo itself was obviously appreciated by many and rightfully so.
Lovely shot. It's almost a shame to have the text cover any part of it, but I'm glad you chose to keep it small and out of the way somewhat. Well done.