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    I like the crop and composition, the butterfly is sharp and there is good detail. The hairs on the top of the thorax are just a little indistinct, perhaps a tad more sharpening would help. The exposure is very good and I like the colours. I sense the reds however may be just a tad over saturated

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    Beautiful Allen... I love the bg... great comp and sharp detail... maybe a portrait crop might work... WD!

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    The BF looks good to me, I like a lot the oof reds in the BG but I'm also thinking about desaturate the red just a bit. Composition works as presented. Well done.

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    The yellow against red looks stunning. Nice composition. Nice detail. The only thing I'd change is the dark green rectangle in the upper right corner--maybe clone and blend it into the image. This image stood out for me in the thumbnails.

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    Better to add some CYAN to the REDs in selective color than to desaturate them.... Though I like all the elements of the image, especially the o-o-f BKGR, combined they make the image a bit too busy for me. Assuming no flash, I believe that this might have been a killer if it had been made in softer light. What time of day was it created?
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    Hi Allen. Hard to ignore the colors on this one! You nailed the yellows again though some of the reds seem a bit bright. (Interesting comment by Artie - I'll have to try that.) The butterfly gave you a good pose and you have good overall sharpness of your subjects against a pleasing OOF background. Nicely done!

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