I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/500 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 560 AWB HH
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
The butterfly is posing nicely for you in soft light and you have good sharpness throughout! The leaf in the lower left is a bit distracting, but not a deal breaker. The butterfly is showing some wear and tear on its wings - this could be "repaired" with some careful cloning if you are OK with that. Very nicely done!
Jo, good plane of focus, I think the butterfly could reveal greater detail, I have deliberately overcooked this a little to show you what I mean but it does reveal more detail. If you apply a little Dehaze filter selectively to the butterfly I think it would help. I would suggest set the brush to about 10, but be careful not to make the blacks too dense.
Really like the leaves he is perched on, the matching pattern to his wings. Soft background, just a sliver dark on my monitor. Nice work by Jon to give it a bit more snap.
Jo, good plane of focus, I think the butterfly could reveal greater detail, I have deliberately overcooked this a little to show you what I mean but it does reveal more detail. If you apply a little Dehaze filter selectively to the butterfly I think it would help. I would suggest set the brush to about 10, but be careful not to make the blacks too dense.
Thanks Jon, I'll go back to the image and give it a try.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams