# Cavorting **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** macro-close-up\ **Created:** [September 29, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cavorting/52419 "2026-09-29T03:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bill\_Fach](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bill_fach/32/78290_2.png) [@Bill\_Fach](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bill_Fach)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cavorting/52419/1 "2026-09-29T03:36:10Z")
![Original - Cavorting-79571A7r3-26.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/6/7/679927511d2211de428ebad72ce16046091b181e.jpeg) **Critique Style:** Standard The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below. **Feedback Focus:** Artistic / Expressive ### About This Image This is a great time of year for Gulf Fritillaries in our garden. We have some passion vines that provide the caterpillars and our neighbor has a nice stand of lantana that keeps them busy. I had a lot of fun chasing this fellow (?) around and shooting as he flitted from bloom to bloom. Had lots of bad wing blur/missed focus but things pretty much came together for me on this one. While the wings aren’t quite sharp tip to tip the body and antennae look good and on this frame the proboscis was extended into the flower. \>=))\> ### Feedback Requested I gave this one a bit more room than I typically allow on stationary subjects where my default is usually to fill the frame as much as possible. Plus, even with an XT aboard I couldn’t get much closer. ### Technical Details Sony A7rIII Sony FE 70-200 f2.8 GM-II, 2xTC @ 400mm, 16mm XT ISO 1600, 1/640 @ f11 handheld Global light and denoise adjustments in LRC, cropping and sharpening in ACR filter PS ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cavorting/52419/2 "2026-09-29T15:54:00Z")
Beautiful job, Bill, and I like the extra room to give the poor critter some breathing space. The top view does a great job of showing off the wing patterns. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cavorting/52419/3 "2026-09-29T16:09:13Z")
Outstanding complementary color, detail, and composition. ---
**Author:** ![Huw\_Thomas](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/huw_thomas/32/87850_2.png) [@Huw\_Thomas](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Huw_Thomas)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cavorting/52419/4 "2026-09-29T16:15:32Z")
Gorgeous composition and colours - Great job. You’ll have more opportunities to get other configurations - but this is really nice and I’m fine with slight wing tip blur Regards Huw My 100mm GM macro arrived and playing with 2xTC 😮 ---
**Author:** ![Karl\_Zuzarte](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@Karl\_Zuzarte](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Karl_Zuzarte)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cavorting/52419/5 "2026-09-30T00:19:03Z")
Gorgeous! i like the positioning of the subject especially.. Vibrance is perfect!