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    Default Orange tip - female

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    Tripod Mongoose head
    Camera Model Canon EOS 50D
    Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
    Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/13
    Av( Aperture Value ) 16.0
    Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
    Exposure Compensation -1/3
    ISO Speed 400
    Lens EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM
    Image Quality RAW
    Flash Off
    White Balance Mode Daylight
    AF Mode AI Servo AF
    Color Space Adobe RGB

    As we were walking Barney (my avatar) my son noticed this tired old lady roosting. I snipped the stem and took it carefully back home and placed the stem in a clip on a small mickey mouse tripod I use for such set ups. the background is the back lawn. After taking the images I place the flower head and butterfly in the wild flower patch, i was pleased to see that it had flown off by 8.00am next day, probably it's last flight.
    On reflection maybe I should have cloned four stamens to contain the flower head.
    All C & C welcome.

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    Hi Jonathan. Very nice lighting, comp, subject, and background. The tiny weevil is an added bonus. I would agree with you that cloning the four stamens touching the right side of the frame will take this strong image up several notches.

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    Lovely colors and light for me just a tad tight in the frame all around
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    Hi Jon, a nice butterfly anyway! Agree with your self assesment (a little more distance from the subject would also have worked well for the composition). I do find the image a bit dark. I would try to bring up the shadows a little.

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    Hi Jon....I agree with opening up the shadows on the flower cluster. Your bg and subject complement each other nicely. Good luck with the cloning!!

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    Hey Jonathan,
    I like the recommendations above but you are doing a great job with the comps as usual!

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    Hey Jon, it's a beautiful butterfly image.....the comp looks great to me as it is. I agree with Jerry that this looks a bit dark but I think I would take up the entire image, not just the shadows. Maybe the exposure adjustment in Photoshop would do the trick.

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    Thank you everyone for your comments, here is another image, a little brighter as suggested. I think that when I process images I tend to reflect the light and conditions as they were and it doesn't always occur to me that I could change the mood of the picture.
    I have brightened all the image a little then I applied curves to a mask of the dark seed head an elevated the lower part of the curve, then I selected the butterfly and did a linear curve. I also cleaned up a couple of stamens on the right.
    Last edited by Jonathan Ashton; 06-09-2012 at 03:46 AM.

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