I was on a hiking trail above the creek in the mountains looking for birds and saw this butterfly flying around and took a rest on this log. This was cropped and I needed to remove some grass strands that was a distraction in the photo.
How is the lighting she was in the sunlight.
Is this a composite: No
Canon D90 Canon 100-400 ii with the 1.4 extender. no flash HH
This is beautiful, Dean! I love how the butterfly is lit up by the sun and the log makes for a really nice background. Some of the best photos can be the ones we weren’t looking for, they just come to us! Great capture!
This is a beautiful photo of a beautiful lep, Dean. Yeah, looks like you were battling some bright light, but you handled it very well. Nicely done.
This is one beautiful butterfly. Not familiar with the type. I love that you captured him on a log. You managed the bright light pretty good. The composition works well for me.
Hi Dean,
This is a very nice bugscape. Comp and focus are fine as presented. Lighting and colors on the butterfly are awesome…Jim
Lovely focus on the butterfly, and a wonderful perch! The BG is a bit intrusive, for me – I wonder about toning down the greens or some blurring? Some cropping from the top could eliminate some of it.
Dean: Really good find and a terrific capture. I would also crop some of the URC but I like the perch and the detail on it and the color and details of the butterfly are wonderful. Really well done. >=))>
Thanks everyone. I did a small crop in the URC and also used something in LRC to tone it done as well in the URC
The crop looks great, Dean. The light here is wonderful and the pose and setting pretty fantastic. One in a million. According to my book this is probably a California Sister (Adelpha bredowii group). Superb capture!
