Butterfly on purple flower

[kostas nianiopoulos]

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5093/butterflyonpurpleflower.jpg
crop maybe 20% , blur on BG , hi pass sharpen .

canon 50d
f16
1/125 (430 ex II+diffuser)
iso 400
EF USM IS 100MM L

Thanks for watching .

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Kostas. The butterfly gave you a nice pose and the flower is very colorful. The background is pleasingly blurred. You might try a little more selective sharpening on the head and body of the butterfly and I would suggest cloning the brown spot in the LLC. Overall, this is well done.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

I like the composition and the pose. I would also try to clean up the white spot on the petal.

[Ken Childs]

Hi Kostas, you captured a good pose and did a good job with the flash. In addition to what has already been suggested, you might consider brightening up and sharpening the eye. Also the colorful areas on the butterfly look a bit flat so try selecting the upper parts of the wings and increasing the contrast on just those areas. A few tweaks should take this one up a notch or 2. :S3: