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OvidiuCavasdan
08-21-2013, 11:23 AM
40D, EF 100mm F2.8 Macro
F11, 1/15 sec, ISO 400
Fortunately no wind, manual mode, tripod, pop up flash at 0.
Anita Bower
08-21-2013, 11:44 AM
This looks perfect to me. Love how the colors in the butterfly are similar to those of the grass. 1/15 second must mean the butterfly was not moving. Is that correct? My butterflies seem to flit around.
OvidiuCavasdan
08-21-2013, 12:03 PM
Yes Anita, the bf was not moving. Shot this early in the morning before the bf warm up and start flying looking for food.
Jonathan Ashton
08-21-2013, 01:41 PM
Beautiful Ovidiu, I have only one suggestion, - I would set the flash to somewhere between -0.6 to -1.6 depending upon your flash and subject. The image looks great but it has a slightly "flashed" look about it.
Markus Jais
08-21-2013, 03:42 PM
Can't be much better than that. Clean BG, very sharp, great light and colors. A winner!

Markus
Randy Stout
08-21-2013, 07:49 PM
Ovidiu:

I like this one a lot, colors, comp, butterfly. I do agree with Jon, just ever so slightly flashed looking.

In my repost, I ran a multiply blend mode layer on the entire image to tone down the highlights a bit.

Fairly subtle, but I thought it helped. Blend mode at 58%.

Cheers

Randy
Anita Bower
08-22-2013, 04:17 AM
I see what Jonathan meant by the flash issue. I like Randy's repost a lot!! it made a great photo even greater.
Arthur Morris
08-22-2013, 05:27 AM
Ovidu, Congrats on a simple, lovely, and dramatically beautiful image. While the original did not look over-flashed to me, I do like Randy's darker overall repost. I do think that the subject could use a bit more sharpening, perhaps a contrast mask on the original file. And a bit more d-o-f to cover the near-antennae would have helped (unless the look was caused by a bit of motion blur).

All in all I love it.
OvidiuCavasdan
08-22-2013, 01:43 PM
Thanks for the repost Randy, I like it.
Thank you all for comments and suggestions.
Steve Maxson
08-23-2013, 11:23 AM
Hi Ovidiu. This one is pretty close to perfect! Love the light, comp, pose, sharpness, and background! If you are tweaking the light, I might prefer something between the original and Randy's repost. Excellent work!