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Jeff Parker
09-28-2011, 09:29 PM
October is butterfly time in south Texas:bg3:
Canon 7D
1/1250 sec
f/5.6
ISO 400
100-400mm @ 370

Steve Maxson
10-01-2011, 10:37 AM
Hi Jeff. Beautiful colors, nice sharpness, and the butterfly is giving you a good pose. I'm debating about the comp - the bright orange of the OOF butterfly at the top is drawing my eye away from your main subject - you might try to tone that area down a little. You might also tone down the brightest areas of the background plant. I would also wish that the closed bud on the left wasn't clipped by the edge of the frame. I think a few tweaks will take this image up a notch or two. :S3:

Ken Childs
10-07-2011, 01:43 PM
Hey Jeff, the colors are great and the main subject looks nice and sharp. For my tastes, this image it a bit too busy with too many things that pull the eye away from the lower butterfly. Steve has offered some good suggestion that will help and you might also blur the BG butterfly so it's not quite so distinct.....I think that will remove some of the distraction.