Another butterfly from the SFSU Sierra Nevada workshop, June 2008.
Canon 20D, 300mm f4L IS, ISO 200, f10 @1/200sec, 0 EV, pattern metering, manual mode, HH
PP: Lightroom 2.6
large crop greater than 50%; tilted flower and butterfly CW slightly
exp adjustment: set black and white points, highlight recovery, fill light
enhanced clarity and vibrance, added contrast
tone curve: brought darks and lights down
used wacom tablet with adjustment brush: selective sharpening of wings, body and flower, brought whites in wings down and shadows of flowers up
sharpening and NR, post-crop vignette
PS Elements: removed distracting leaf and dark spots from BG with clone tool, resized for the web







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