Another Butterfly

[benlonghair]

Hi all, another of the same butterfly.

Again, this is a female eastern tiger swallowtail. A little about the PP on this one. Beyond the standard WB adjustment, curves and USM, I cloned a flower out that was very close to intersecting the tail. I also masked and used a gaussian blur to reduce BG noise and to make the clone fit a little better.

Your critique is always appreciated.

300mm | f/8 | 1/200 | ISO 400 | Flash Fired

 

[Bryce]

I love it.

 

[DennyCrane]

Not too shabby.

 

[vtf]

I like it, but I wouldve blurred the entire background and only left the butterfly and the flower its on.

 

[Aayria]

This is lovely =)

 

[benlonghair]

I like it, but I wouldve blurred the entire background and only left the butterfly and the flower its on.

I could still do that. I'm torn between "I've altered it enough" and "I've already altered it, who cares if there are more alterations."

 

[misstwinklytoes]

Could always try it and see what happens. I think it's a great catch, though!

 

[Derrel]

Not too bad really. Dumb question maybe, but how does one tell the males from the females? (I hope the answer isn't embarrassingly simple and obvious, like, "The males have a xxxxx that can be seen," or something like that!

 

[benlonghair]

Males are yellow and black exclusively. Females have some orange and blue on their wings. Wikipedia explains.