Viceroy

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1600 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition and presentation

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Joseph,
I like the composition with the butterfly at the edge of the vegetation and looking out the frame. BG is nice. Viceroy seems to lack critical sharpness and I might clone out the spider's web below the butterfly.
Allen

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Joseph,
I like the composition with the butterfly at the edge of the vegetation and looking out the frame. BG is nice. Viceroy seems to lack critical sharpness and I might clone out the spider's web below the butterfly.
Allen

Hi Allen, thank you for viewing and commenting. My mistake posting the image without sharpening. A quirk of going from Lightroom to Photoshop and back that I did not catch before posting. Here is the sharpened image with the spider web removed.

[John Mack]

The repost in much better. You caught a nice view of this viceroy here. Like the composition.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Jo the repost looks better but I am not seeing much detail in the butterfly, there is good detail in the surrounding leaves.
(Was the butterfly originally quite a bit underexposed so you didn't blow the whites???)