This looks perfect to me. Love how the colors in the butterfly are similar to those of the grass. 1/15 second must mean the butterfly was not moving. Is that correct? My butterflies seem to flit around.
Beautiful Ovidiu, I have only one suggestion, - I would set the flash to somewhere between -0.6 to -1.6 depending upon your flash and subject. The image looks great but it has a slightly "flashed" look about it.
Ovidu, Congrats on a simple, lovely, and dramatically beautiful image. While the original did not look over-flashed to me, I do like Randy's darker overall repost. I do think that the subject could use a bit more sharpening, perhaps a contrast mask on the original file. And a bit more d-o-f to cover the near-antennae would have helped (unless the look was caused by a bit of motion blur).
All in all I love it.
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Hi Ovidiu. This one is pretty close to perfect! Love the light, comp, pose, sharpness, and background! If you are tweaking the light, I might prefer something between the original and Randy's repost. Excellent work!