Is this a composite? No
Wow, Terry! You’ve done it again! This is so beautiful! You have quite the setup and I can tell the butterflies love it!
Thanks, Vanessa! Over the years, I’ve done a lot to attract birds and other wildlife, but little for butterflies and other insects. The last couple of years, I’ve concentrated on the latter and it appears to be paying off.
WOW! You have an incredible image of the butterfly, with wonderful sharpness and detail! For my nitpicky eyes, the high contrast on the flowers is competing a bit more than necessary. You might consider reducing the contrast on the flowers. Best done on a separate layer with a lower contrast raw conversion, just looking at the flowers, and then stack that layer and mask it so it doesn’t affect the butterfly.
Thanks, Diane. No, not nitpicky. I agree with your observation concerning the flowers. I tried to tone them down in the original processing, but they’re still very bright. I’ll have another go at them.
Wow, Terry, what a beautiful butterfly. I so love the lighting on his wings. He posed ever so nice for you to. Great composition. The flowers are a bit bright, and hopefully you can tone them down, but still a great image. I like the message too! I was out for a walk one day, saw a pretty Swallowtail, and hoped to get a photo with the only camera I had with me, my cell phone. He perched up on my jeans down near my show, and I got a shot of him.
Thanks, Shirley. I’ll work on those flowers when I get a little time. So, are you going to post your photo of the swallowtail?
Oh, probably not. I took it with my phone looking down my pants leg at my foot and the ground. Nothing creative there, but it was a fond memory. I enjoyed the moment, that is for sure.
I think it is really special when a butterfly lands on someone! They wouldn’t do that for JUST ANYBODY!
