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Swallowtail drinking moisture from mud. French Alps. June 2006. 20D & Sigma 150mm. C & C welcome. MJ
That’s a really superb shot. Excellent. Can’t praise it enough. Like a still from a David Attenborough show!
Great shot, pin sharp and perfect DOF, only thing is the composition, i would give a little more space in front of the head, there seems to be too much space in the top left of the shot, hopefully this is cropped and you have room for manouvere. Well done!!!
Excellent sharpness and light… but yeah, if it was just a little more to the left rather than dead center it would have made it just a tiny bit better.
Thanks for the feedback. I have re cropped with a little more breathing space of the beast and reposted. Cheers MJ
Absolutely cracking photo. Pin sharp and beautiful colours. Incredible markings on this specimen.
Rob.
Just did a quick crop, this is probably how i would frame it, you must have had great light! Really is a super shot.
Incredible shot of an amazing butterfly, sharp right down to the scales on the wings!
My compliments :wink:Noely F wrote:
Incredible shot of an amazing butterfly, sharp right down to the scales on the wings!
My compliments :wink:Noely’s comment made me wonder – could you give us a wee 100% crop, just to see the detail?
Nice sharp shot. I agree with giving it slightly more room but the thing that caught my eye (and distracted me most) was the piece of straw running behind the butterfly. There is also a yellow spot at about 1 o’clock that competes with the colour of its wings. I don’t think you would be out of bounds in a nature shot to clone these out.
Dave
wavydave wrote:
I don’t think you would be out of bounds in a nature shot to clone these out.
I don’t know if there are any “rules” about this, but I tend to think nature should be interfered with as little as possible. It is what it is, and the viewer must learn to love it for what it is.
Take two examples discussed in threads on this forum:
1. Noely’s heron https://www.photographyireland.net/viewtopic.php?t=2640. This, to me, is a good example of nature getting in the way – the leaf shadow detracts from the subject and, if it could have been moved, it would have improved the shot (but only a bit cos it’s such a great photo).
2. Roberto’s waterfall https://www.photographyireland.net/viewtopic.php?t=1861. In this case the meadowsweet is in direct line with the subject, but can be seen adequately, though in soft focus. The shot may or may not have been better without it; but it was there, part of nature, and Roberto chose not to change that.
The outdoors is a different sort of studio from the indoors. Personally, I feel that changing it for our photos makes a mockery of that American motto, “Take only photos, leave only footprints”. Having accepted that I must not manufacture a composition, I tend to extent the same purist approach to cloning the resulting image. If you’re not happy with the results – take more photos rather than doctor the ones you’ve got.
Sorry if this sounds like puritanical hot air, but the forum is yours…. knock me off this soapbox!
Pete, Noely,
I have posted a tight crop of the head area. I have sharpened it a bit to really bring up the detail.
Cheers,
MJ
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