Morpho in flight

[Douglas Bolt]

Canon 5DM2, Sigma 150, f7.1, 1/100, ISO 640, HH.

Butterfly was flying against a glass wall with sun behind the glass. PP: blurred around the butterfly and used Nik CEP to enhance the colors and detail of the wings in motion.

[Dennis Bishop]

It's great to have something like this that's out of the box in a different way from what we're used to seeing. I like the colors throughout, and the backlighting is wonderful. I'd love to see what you started with.

[Douglas Bolt]

Here it is. I set everything in Bridge to default and then let Image Processor make the attached file. I didn't realize how bad it looked before working on it.

[Dennis Bishop]

Wow, you really changed the look of that. It's great that you were in the right place at the right time. With a camera, no less. The wing blur is amazing. I'd never expected it to be quite like that. Thanks for posting this version.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Douglas, a lovely butterfly, quite the transformation from the original. Nicely blurred!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Douglas, this is a beautiful transformation. Great job

[denise ippolito]

Douglas, the original capture has a softness that I like. You created a piece of art with it!

[Brendan Dozier]

Wonderful, out of the box creative composition, Douglas. Blur works very nicely, and like how you brought out the vibrant blue color.

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent creative composition, Douglas. I too like the blur... excellent transformation!

[Douglas Bolt]

Thanks all for your very kind comments. I'm glad you liked the final result - thanks to a lot of cropping and a little time with PS6.

[Paul Lagasi]

I really like this, the blurred wings are cool, and you can make out just enough detail of the butterfly...well done

[Stuart Frohm]

In a word: wow!
Thanks very much, Mr. Bolt.
Stu