Peacock Butterfly

[Nigel Kibble]

[IMG][/IMG] Taken with a Carl Zeiss Jena 2.8f 50mm

Camera	Nikon D3100
Exposure	0.005 sec (1/200)
ISO Speed	100
Exposure Bias	0 EV
Flash	No Flash
X-Resolution	240 dpi
Y-Resolution	240 dpi
Software	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Date and Time (Modified)	2013:08:12 16:29:03
Exposure Program	Manual
Date and Time (Original)	2013:08:12 13:06:25
Date and Time (Digitized)	2013:08:12 13:06:25
Max Aperture Value	1.0
Metering Mode	Center-weighted average
Light Source	Unknown
User Comment	COPYRIGHTKIBBSNK

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nigel hello and welcome to the Macro Forum.
Firstly allow me to offer a few posting pointers: http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...g-Instructions
To some extent these are slightly out of date, larger images may be posted (up to 1200 wide 900px high and up to 400k size) Purely a personal issue I have tried the 1200 px but I think it is cumbersome to view the image so I stick with 1024px.
Technical data, as a rule it is useful to provide the following:-
Tripod/monopod,bean bag/hand held/other
Camera
Lens
ISO EV +/-, shutter speed, aperture.
more than this doesn't really add greatly and it only consumes part of the image data allocated.

Your image of a peacock butterfly is very saturated and high in contrast. The whites are blown and the greens are very intense. Really you have not got a good angle on the butterfly, we can see only one wing and part of the body which is out of focus (OOF for short). Have a look at a few butterfly shots in the forum and work out how they were taken i.e. what position so where was the camera, was the background helpful in terms of showing off the butterfly to best advantage or does it strike a balance between showcasing the butterfly and illustrating it in it's environment. Hope this helps if you have any questions fire away here or if you prefer PM me.

[Nigel Kibble]

Thank you for the comments I have much to learn , the image was hand held in manual mode , i see now what you mean and will in future adjust my position and not saturate the image

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Nigel and welcome to the Macro forum. Jon has given you some good suggestions above. We all go through a learning curve as we become macro photographers so keep trying and don't get discouraged. I hope to see more of your macro work in the near future!