Blue tiger

[RAM MALLYA]

Shutter speed 1/1000
Aperture F/8
ISO 400
Hand held
Canon 1D Mark II N
Lens 100-400 IS l

[Jerry van Dijk]

Hi Ram, you did a great job on exposing under what looks like difficult light conditions! Great details and colors. Is this a 90 degree rotation? It looks like the plant is supposed to be vertical.

[Julie Kenward]

Hello, Ram, and welcome to the macro flora forum! Beautiful butterfly here! I might take a little of the negative space off the top if it were mine to give the bf a little more prominence in the frame. I'd also pull the yellows in the flowers back a bit as they feel heavily saturated to me near the end of the stalk.

Can you tell us about the lighting conditions this was photographed under?

[RAM MALLYA]

yes it is a 90 degree rotation jerry. Julie its taken in natural light in the afternoon around 2 PM.

[Vida van der Walt]

Lovely image Ram. Sharp with great colours and bg. Agree with Jules' suggestions.:)

[Jerry van Dijk]

Hi Ram, in that case, I would rotate it back to its original position and crop it as a vertical. I feel that the flowers look unnatural in their turned position. Additionally, this strategy will rid you of the negative space like Julie suggests.