Butterfly Dreams- An experiment

[Bob Miller]

Nikon D-300
1/1600 at f5.6
ISO 500
200-400 mm
Handheld
Tried using (-)clarity and then painting the butterfly back in for a dreamy effect!
Comments welcome!

[denise ippolito]

Bob, I like the dreamy effect you created and your painting back in the BF worked well. I might tone down the bright area in the LRC if it were mine and the specular highlight on the left side. Softening the green area at the ULC would also be an option. I love the colors and the details in BF and main Thistle.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Bob, I like the dreamy look you've created - it has a lot of depth to it. I might consider cropping some off the right but it is lovely as presented.:)

[Paul Lagasi]

Very nice effect almost looks like an Orton Effect...agree with cropping or cloning to remove some of the above mention items...keep them coming

[Bob Miller]

Very good eye Denise!
Good suggestions ! Thanks!

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Bob, I really like the 3D effect you achieved with this combination of sharpness and softness. Very pleasing colors and I like the butterfly a lot. Good suggestions above and I would add that the OOF element right at the bottom of the frame is a bit distracting. I have used the negative clarity setting on people portraits and I like your thinking to try it with this one!

[Anita Bower]

Very nice! Love the colors and the softness of the BG and sharpness of butterflies and Thistles. Well done. I will have to try it Like others wrote, the OOF blobs is lower right are bothersome, but that is an easy fix.