About the Image(s)

While in Tennessee I had an afternoon by myself in my friend’s garden. I had been traveling and needed some time with nature. It was a windy day and I couldn’t do much photography but then I had a wild thought. I decided to try to photograph butterflies in flight. What was I thinking? The butterflies were being blown around quite a bit. It wasn’t an easy flight day for them, but I sat near the phlox and enjoyed the challenge as well as the flowers.

I didn’t get many images of the butterflies in flight but I did manage to capture the swallowtails on the phlox. I couldn’t help but “play” with this shot. I used textured layers to create a more artistic rendition of the image.

I love my time in nature with my camera. I also find working on images in the digital darkroom very rewarding. I have learned to embrace layers in Photoshop especially texture layers which can lead to some artistic portrayals of our images. I hope you enjoy this rendition of my image.

Model: NIKON Z9
Frame #: 3345
Lens (mm): 550 (Nikkor Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR)
ISO: 2000
Aperture: 14
Shutter: 1600
Program: Manual
Focus Mode: AF-C
White Bal.: CLOUDY
Quality: RAW