Gatekeeper

[Jonathan Ashton]

Camera Model Canon EOS 50D
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100
Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Focus AF

All comments welcome.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Jonathan,
Well I don't think you could have asked for a better pose! You are tack sharp and at that DOF....dead parallel to the plane! Great BG but will ask about the leaves.....waxy?....it appears they are so a slight tone down will focus more attention to the beauty of a BF! Not sure what is going on in the LRC....but it appears a bit funky.....so perhaps a touch of housekeeping on that too. overall.....very nicely done!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks Roman, you have pointed out something that hadn't occurred to me... but now you mention it I agree.

[Steve Maxson]

Lovely! The butterfly just jumps out at you and the sharpness is excellent, Jonathan. Roman made some good comments above. Well done.

[Anita Bower]

Beautiful. Amazing detail. Love it! I like Roman's suggestions.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome details, and nice comp...I like the fact you composed the BF on a diagonal - looks good. Good points by Roman.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Nice comp and colors, sharp and very good details, you manage to get perfect parallel to the BF! Well done.

[Ken Childs]

The comp and colors look good and the bfly looks awesome! Following Roman's advice and toning down those leaves will take this over the top!

[Julie Kenward]

Excellent butterfly image, Jonathan! A more evenly colored BG would almost certainly make this even stronger but it would be difficult to get a good result in pp but you should be able to clean it up a bit more. That butterfly is outstanding...very sharp corner to corner and the diagonal fills the frame out beautifully.