“Butterfly” by Barbara Williams

perfect framing and composition. beautiful luminous color. my problem is that the subject is soft. i prefer razor sharp detail in the wings and especially the head. it doesn’t look out of focus, but more like a gaussian blur.

I believe its too saturafed. I played with it a little in PS. You can see it here –
http://www.redbubble.com/mybubble/art/982331-1-butterfly-touchup/edit
I desaturated to get rid of the glow. Then increased Contrast and and darkened it just a little. I used Sharpen Edges also.

I have to say he is a beauty. I love Butterflies. The mottled background is such a great shade of green which really sets him off. Its so easy, when shooting in bright daylight to end up with an insect that glows. I have also noticed that markings on Betterflies aren’t really that clear cut. So they tend to look softer.

I suspect a gaussian blur was added to this – look at the leaf it’s perched on – it’s pretty sharp and in the same focal plane as the Butterfly’s wings. Remove the gaussian blur, the image doesn’t need any romanticism.

Dave

I think the composition is superb but for me I prefer the butterfly to be in focus and sharp – the background is stunning and so is the stance but for me detail of the insect is key imho

This is a very beautiful capture, with lovely colors; the only thing I find wrong is it is a little out of focus on my end. Try sharpening it a little and see what happens, if the bg get too noisy when sharpening do a glassiur blur only on the bg not the subject… This is solely JMHO

Nice capture!! The only problem with shooting mother nature is she doesn’t always like to sit still!! It’s a little out of focus, but it’s still a lovely photo!