Butterfly

[kevcampbell]

Did not think I would enter this month as I had no idea what to capture as I am all for sticking strictly to the theme, but today I think I managed to do that

Literally took this shot about an hour ago in my back garden, only managed to get 3 shots before it flew away

Was standing about 10 feet away from the butterly so obviously had to zoom in with my Panasonic FZ150

Made a couple of adjustments in Photoshop, no cropping though

Here is the shot, hope you all like it, let me know how I did

Butterfly | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

[Miranda]

Nice, classic butterfly shot. Something I had in mind, but done in a butterfly house Nice to hear these guys are out and about. Hopefully we won't get a second winter!

 

[shotokan101]

lovely shot - quite a lot of green "space" in the shot - might be worth seeing how it looks with a dark vignette pulling focus on the butterfly - or alternatively a slightly squarer crop to lose some of the left/right edges ?

Jim

 

[kevcampbell]

Yeah I did think there was a bit too much green myself also, but did not want to crop as I was not too sure what cropping looked good and what cropping may have made the shot look bad, but i will give it a go soon and show you what I managed to do

 

[kevcampbell]

Here is the image, run it through Alien Skin Exposure 4 this time, still too afraid to crop

Think I may like this more than the other one now, what do you think?

Butterfly Vignette | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

[shotokan101]

Overall I prefer it with the vignette but the butterfly itself is a little too dark now I feel

Jim

 

[Miranda]

Make up you mind, Jim

Unfortunately you're only allowed one picture per entry thread So you should really remove the second one and post it in "not valid" thread instead.
Love it though, and looks fine on my screen.

 

[shotokan101]

Make up you mind, Jim

Unfortunately you're only allowed one picture per entry thread So you should really remove the second one and post it in "not valid" thread instead.
Love it though, and looks fine on my screen.

I did - just add the vignette without the funky processing

 

[kevcampbell]

 

[spear321]

Personally I think your wrong Jim and that the leaves add a perspective to the size and delicacy of the Butterfly, nut each to their own...

Great shot by the way.

 

[Miranda]

Still two entries in this thread I'm not the police for the comp, but other people have been told to remove additional shots from their threads, lest they'll be disqualified. Just thought I'll remind you, before it's too late There is only one entry per contestant, and once you enter, there's no changing it. Any additional shots should go to the not valid-thread.

-marika-

 

[kevcampbell]

Did not think it would matter as its not an entry, i just made a quick edit to show to jim and anyone else that wanted to see what a different version of it looked like but i have now removed the actual image from the post and just left in the link to flickr

 

[Miranda]

Well, it's got nothing to do with my personal preference, it's just how things stand with the competition rules etc.
Absolutely nothing personal about my comment, just stating a fact.

 

[kevcampbell]