Silver-spotted Skipper

[Ken Childs]

Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 400mm
Manual mode
1/320"
F11
ISO:200
Canon 430EX: On, Fired
LR & CS3
HH

Toned down the flower a lot. I'm not thrilled with the look of the flower in the foreground. Should I have cropped tighter?

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Ken,
My vote is definitely yes! I'd imagine that your red channel was spiked/clipped on the reds.....had to for the skipper details. This may have been a good time to explore flash as main light too.....just some food for thought next time out. Crop this one on the bottom and you still have a very nice keeper!

[Thomas Herou]

My vote is also yes on the crop.
And I think a desaturation of the red and yellow channels on the flower
should make the colors calmer.

[Nick Palmieri]

Agree with others. I like the butterfly, the eye is sharp and the BG is nice.

[Julie Kenward]

I totally agree with the others. I'd crop the lower two rows of the petals out and leave just the top row and flower center. Lovely skipper image, Ken!

[Ken Childs]

How's this?

[Roman Kurywczak]

Works better for me!

[Vida van der Walt]

Lovely shot Ken. The crop is even better but I think the magenta is too desaturated in the repost and prefer the colours in the first.:)

[Paul Lagasi]

Nice one, like the repost..TFS

[Allen Sparks]

Ken, I like the repost. Puts more attention on the b'fly.