Glenn Rudd  


Untitled by Glenn Rudd

July 2017 - Untitled

About the Image(s)

This image was taken May, 2011 at Butterfly Gardens in Victoria BC, Canada.
It was a marvelous venue with dozens of species begging to get their picture taken. This was one of my favorites because of the color and texture contrast with the flower.
Technical: 1/250 sec., f/11, ISO 400, 120 mm. Processed in Lightroom: cropping, basic panel, tone curve.


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6 comments posted




 
What a fine imaging of this well-known butterfly (Idea leuconoe, or "Tree Nymph", I believe). Goes great on the hibiscus. The left wing is slightly darker and soft focus, and could probably be isolated, selected, and sharpness and brightness boosted a bit in PS, but that would not make it better. It's a great and arresting image.   Posted: 07/06/2017 22:09:52



Peter Elliston   Peter Elliston
Glenn
Hello and thanks for sharing your image. Wow - this one certainly hits you in the eye!
I have great respect for wildlife photographers because I have little patience and have yet to take anything anywhere near as good as this. But for me the impact of this image is made principally by the red flower which dominates. It might be an idea to select the flower and slightly desaturate the red. I would also say that if you are going to enter this for a competition you might also consider toning down the background somewhat and in particular the small flower head bottom right. If you are not going to do that then leave well alone and just enjoy it!
  Posted: 07/07/2017 03:30:11



Joe Kennedy   Joe Kennedy
(Group 28)
Great contrast with the butterfly and the flower, Glenn! I think there is more detail in that red and might be pulled out - it appears somewhat blurry on the left side. I did find the out of focus leaf on the bottom left and the brighter background objects a slight distraction. Did you consider a tighter crop with just the butterfly and the flower?   Posted: 07/07/2017 07:56:58



John Hackett   John Hackett
The immediate impact in this image is the colour of the flower.Then we get the delicate butterfly to add some contrast.There is a touch of softness and Dick has explained what can be done.   Posted: 07/10/2017 07:32:54



Wow! This the flower in this image really pops, but because it is a little softer than the butterfly, the two seem to compete for the main focus of the image. Personally, I would like to see the background, especially the leaves around the butterfly just a tiny bit a softer. I definitely would display this in my house.   Posted: 07/14/2017 08:13:32



The eyes would focus directly on the butterfly if the image turned to reposition the butterfly to the upper left corner. I would cropped tighter to have less of the green.   Posted: 07/21/2017 09:30:07