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    Butterfly (The Cardinal - Argynnis pandora) and flower (Illyrian thistle - Onopordum illyricum)

    5DIII + Sigma macro 180mm 2.8 IS, f/8.0, 1/200, ISO400, handheld,
    Light: natural + fill in Twin flash,
    Full size: 3124 x 4734,
    PP: BG noise reduction and blur, Topaz selective microcontrast,
    Location: Adriatic see, The Island of Brac, July/2014.

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    Thanks for viewing and CC.

    Cheers!
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    Absolutely super, the butterfly really is a gem. The thistle head looks a tad too saturated but everything else looks great to me.

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    Hi Johnatan,

    I'm glad you like it and thanks for valuable comment! I checked once again my raw, PP and RGB channels. There is no saturation in any of RGB channels. I didn't increase the saturation and/or vibrance. As far as I know in July the fresh flowers of Illyrian thistle has such intensive color and at the end of August the color is much more washed.

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    I love the way the colour of the thistle head compliments the rest of the image. Beautiful looking butterfly with a nice clean background.

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    Stunning sharpness!

    Just changing contrast (and color temp) will change saturation, but I can't complain here.

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