This guy met his maker when he flew in to a window in the summer. But I kept him and photographed the wings today with the 100 mm macro.
Masked him out from the BG, added a new fill layer colour for the BG, put it through NIK Saturation Stylizer, then difference in layers in PS.
Cropped from top and bottom for comp.
Comments Appreciated, thanks!
10-18-2009, 06:22 PM
Dave Mills
Hi Jackie, Interesting composition with nice, sharp detail in the wings. Your choice of colors work very well together. Good job!
10-18-2009, 07:08 PM
denise ippolito
Jackie, I like the composition-it has a unique look. Color is interesting and works well w/ the crop. I like the brownish/green tones that are on the one side of the wing -maybe you could add some to the other side? Very nicely done and glad you dropped by-I miss seeing your creativity!:)
10-18-2009, 10:56 PM
John Ippolito
Great eye catcher with impact, Jackie. Love the colors. Very creative!
10-18-2009, 11:38 PM
Harshad Barve
one rivetting image Jackie , great choice of colors
TFS
10-19-2009, 06:01 PM
Cheryl Slechta
Jackie, really neat idea! I love the colors and the bg color really adds to the image.
10-19-2009, 09:56 PM
Christopher Miller
Very nice composition, Jackie! I've tried similar photos myself. I like all the detail in the wings and good choice of colors.
10-20-2009, 09:09 AM
Jackie Schuknecht
Thanks for the comments everyone, Christopher the hard part of the shot is to eliminate the shadows under the wings. I used flash and tried to go as high key as I could. Still traces of shadow on both wings on outer as you can see. I tried elevating him thinking it might eliminate the shadows even more, but they got worse and I started getting double shadows. Used the twin lite macro. The detail in the wing amazes me.
10-21-2009, 09:26 PM
Julie Kenward
Remarkable image, Jackie! Love the detail and the strength of the lines here.