High-key Great Spangled Fritillary

[Ken Childs]

Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 260mm
Av mode
1/125"
F16
ISO:200
Canon 430EX: On, Fired
LR & CS3

I would like to have shown more of the flower but due to recent storms, my coneflowers are a jumbled up mess so there is too much clutter to be able to have a nice, clean BG.

BG is the white vinyl siding on my garage. I cloned oved some dark areas in the BG.

[Ken Childs]

I just posted a frack'd version of this over in the OOTB forum.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Rich colors, very nice pose and dof. I like the crop. Good looking!

[Anita Bower]

Ken: I like how the colors of the butterfly match the colors of the flower. Nice details. I like the high key look. :) Very nice!

[Julie Kenward]

Ken, since you can't show more of the flower, I'd slice even more off and leave it with just the really red area of the flower showing. The butterfly is FANTASTIC! Might give him a CCW rotation to bring him even with the "horizon" but man...you really nailed this. The lower front wing loses a bit towards the back where it almost blends in with the high key of the BG - you might try to darken just that area a tiny bit to give it the visual punch that the rest of the wings have. Excellent DOF. You even got both antenna looking good!

I bow to the king of bugs... ;):D;)

[Paul Lagasi]

Nicely done, colorful, sharp..agree with CCR, but I'd love to get one like this

[Steve Adkins]

Ken, Powerful, sharp, colorful, eye grabbing image!!!

[Mike Moats]

Hey Ken, very nice look with the white BG. Excellent details, like the colors.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Ken,
Butterfly almost has a 3d feel to it! Just very well done all around including the BG!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Like the antannae both sharp. Like the idea of a bit of CCW rotation. Like the high key look here.