Color

[kostas nianiopoulos]

I had to tone down the saturation in this image , in some places in this garden the colors are too strong . The only saturation i have add is
on the little butterfly maybe like 15-20%


Creation date: 17/9/2012 10:10
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X
Focal length: 180 mm
Aperture: F13
Exposure time: 1/200"
ISO speed rating: 200/24°
Program: Manual
Metering Mode: Pattern
White Balance: Manual
Flash: Flash fired, compulsory flash mode
Bounce Card
On Monopod


Thanks for watching .

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Kostas. The pinks of the flowers and those in the OOF background work well together to give the image a pleasing "feel." ( I think you could tone down the greens a bit more - particularly in the lower half of the frame.) Nice sharpness on the butterfly and the main group of flowers. I would suggest cropping about half of the empty space at the top of the frame (that would move the butterfly closer to the ROT position) and perhaps just a bit off the left. Overall, this is very nicely done!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hi Kostas, this looks very similar to our no longer common, Common Blue butterfly. I would agree taking say just over 1cm from the top would help. I appreciate the colours are vivid, but I get the impression they are still a little too saturated, I appreciate this is probably a difficult file to process, I think there is a red cast on the butterfly. I think it is worthwhile spending some time on this perhaps using differing layers would help in managing the various colours.
I think the pose of the male butterfly is good and I also like the gossamer strands.

[Dave Leroy]

Very appropriate title. I like how you were able to get the butterfly and flower stem square to the camera. Although the colors are very pretty I think I would desat. or tone them down a bit to make the more delicate butterfly stand out a bit more. I also like a bit from the top.