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Bob Miller
09-08-2010, 07:27 PM
Nikon D-300
1/160 sec at f5.6
200-400 mm at 400 mm
tripod
50% crop
Found this bfly in my butterfly bushes....kind of looks like a Dr. Seuss character up close
All comments welcome

Desmond Chan
09-08-2010, 11:31 PM
An interesting composition with very nice details in the butterfly. Lovely colors all around, too. I personally would try to do something to make sure the viewers focus more on the butterfly. But that may make it more my vision than yours.

Kaushik Balakumar
09-09-2010, 01:49 AM
Lovely colours and textures on the butterfly. And nice BG to go with !
What would you think of a vertical presentation (i.e. 90' CCW rotation) of the same ... ?

Steve Maxson
09-09-2010, 08:41 AM
Beautiful colors and excellent sharpness on the butterfly. The partially extended feeding tube is a big plus. My brain is seriously trying to rotate this into a vertical presentation :) and I think this would work quite well as a vertical. I could also see, as an alternative, cropping from the left up to the middle clump of flowers which would place more emphasis on the butterfly. Well done.

Allen Sparks
09-09-2010, 11:01 AM
Very nice image. I'd also be interested in seeing this as a vertical. Love the eye and nice focus on the wing.

OvidiuCavasdan
09-09-2010, 01:15 PM
Nice pose and beautiful colors! Perfect BG. I think that it works well also as vertical presentation, but I like Steve's suggestion about cropping the left side.

Ken Childs
09-09-2010, 01:50 PM
Lovely butterfly, colors and BG!
I also think this might look better as a vertical with some cropped off the bottom, or left as it is now. I wish there was more DOF on this but maybe conditions wouldn't allow that. The OOF flowers and back wing are a bit distracting. You might try some selective sharpening on the flowers closest to the butterfly and the antennae.

Bob Miller
09-09-2010, 02:37 PM
Thanks everyone! i am definetely going to try the vertical presentation! I don't want to crop as it is already a 50% crop

Roman Kurywczak
09-10-2010, 09:23 AM
Hey Bob,
I was going to echo the crop.....saw your response so understandable! I do like the vert rotation idea......even if this was the way it was in the field! Nice light overall.

Art Kornienko
09-10-2010, 07:45 PM
Second for Kaushik's idea. Pretty sharp for a 50% crop, love the colours.