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I had spent a couple hours early morning at Circle B Bar Reserve with nothing really worth keeping. On the way out I came across this butterfly. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 360 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation
Wonderful image Joe! I like how the light almost makes the butterfly glow. Is this natural light, or did you use a flash? The shadows seem quite strong for natural light. I do think the bright part of the flower/fruit just right of the butterfly distracts a bit, you might want to tone it down a bit. If you would have stopped down a bit (from your settings it seems that that would have been possible) you would have gotten the far wingtip and the antenna tip in focus as well.
Wonderful subject, composition and lighting! I agree on toning down that one leaf.
Lovely subject and I like the composition. The depth of field however is a little too shallow and (I haven't seen one so I may be wrong!) it looks a little too bright to me.
Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting, and suggesting improvements. Very much appreciated...
