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At one time we had a very active clematis in our yard. It attracted many birds and once, whan I actually had a camera handy, I got this image.
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anything that helps
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Lost in space
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Very cool image, David. I love the shadows of the antennae on the clematis. It almost looks like a double. Some of the bright green leaves are a bit of a distraction and you could play with subduing them a bit, though it would be awfully easy to make them look unnatural in doing so.
The BF is a lovely catch but I think it could be made more prominent with a couple of easy moves. Select > Subject did a nice job. I made a Curves and pulled up the center to brighten the BF. Then loaded the selection again and inverted and made another Curves to lower contrast on the BG, shown here. A crop finished it off. I might also have subdued the bright leaf on the right edge and burned the LL corner a bit.
Diane:
You have a really good handle on Photoshop. You know more than anyone else I’ve talked with about how to use the program correctly. I really appreciate your assistance. I’ve learned an awful lot from you. And I use a lot of this information in my own processing now.
Dennis:
I know that you and I looked at this image before I posted it. Thanks for your help and your critique. I tried to keep as much of Clematis in focus as possible, and I think that affected my decisions on cropping.
David, this is a good look at the Tiger and the Clematis where I like how much of the frame the flower occupies. While I might see cropping a bit from the left and bottom to move the BF away from center, that would let the darkness in the upper right carry more visual weight, which I don’t think is good.
David: A wonderful butterfly in a very complementary environment. I do like what @Diane_Miller did with the overall capture. Beautiful creature superbly captured. >=))>
