Peacock Butterfly

12 years 9 months ago #111769 by Turbogirlie
I am really happy with this shot - not often I feel proud of an image!

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12 years 9 months ago #111815 by photobod
Very nice catch young lady, love the color and it is nice and sharp. :judge: :judge: :judge:

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12 years 9 months ago #111947 by Dori
Well done! I love the colors! :judge:

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12 years 9 months ago #111959 by Baydream
Excellent. I agree the colours are stunning.

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12 years 9 months ago #111983 by chasrich
Great catch on this... I can see why they named it peacock.

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12 years 9 months ago #112034 by MeganPearson
Beautiful! I've been chasing one lonesome Monarch in my yard for the past four days with no such luck...great capture!


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12 years 9 months ago #112618 by Turbogirlie

MeganPearson wrote: Beautiful! I've been chasing one lonesome Monarch in my yard for the past four days with no such luck...great capture!


:rofl: Good luck Megan - they are hard to capture aren't they? This one was very photogenic - took something like 20 images with the standard 14-42mm Olympus four thirds lens & was real close - a real poseur of a butterfly!

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12 years 9 months ago #112656 by Turbogirlie
For comparison, here's the original image, completely unedited. You can see that I cropped the photo to give a much closer perspective of the peacock, some minor editing & increased the clarity to make the 'silver' on the thistle stand out.

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12 years 9 months ago #112672 by TheNissanMan
Stunning colours and nice contrast with the thistle, out of curiosity how close can it be cropped and keep the detail on the butterfly?


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12 years 9 months ago #112908 by Turbogirlie

TheNissanMan wrote: Stunning colours and nice contrast with the thistle, out of curiosity how close can it be cropped and keep the detail on the butterfly?


I'm thinking that it could be cropped just to show the butterfly & the thistle flower it's on, and will do this to see what the result is.

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12 years 9 months ago #112913 by Turbogirlie
Closest crop I can achieve, but I think that the loss of the rest of the shot now detracts from the image. For me, I prefer the image I first posted. Be interested on others thoughts & comments!

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12 years 9 months ago #113119 by TheNissanMan
Your right to tight a crop, somewhere in the middle I think would be absolutely gorgeous as there is some good detail on the butterfly :)


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12 years 9 months ago #113122 by martinwf
beautiful photo, well captured

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12 years 9 months ago #113123 by martinwf
ya i agree maybe just cropping the foreground thistle would be enough, just a thought !

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