Can't wait till summer! Butterfly House C&C

[BlueEyes01]

 

[Dao]

Great capture. Is it the Butterfly house in Chesterfield MO?

 

[BlueEyes01]

Yes it is, are you nearby?

I've actually made a few trips out there recently and love to "play" there with my camera. I think i get better photos of butterflies than i do of people which is kind of aggrevating! LOL

 

[CraniumDesigns]

lovely, but i think the lower part of the image is too much in focus and distracting me from the butterfly.

 

[NucleaRR]

lovely, but i think the lower part of the image is too much in focus and distracting me from the butterfly.

I tend to agree. You could use some creative blurring is PS to take attention away from it.

I still like this picture.

 

[CraniumDesigns]

i would make a duplicate layer on top, blur it, then greate a gradient mask to fade out the blur as it approaches the butterfly.

something like this...

i just duplicated the layer, blurred it 10 pixels, then used a layer mask with a super soft brush at 250 pixels, 10% flow and painted it until it looked right.

 

[BlueEyes01]

Wow, gotta love that! It really does make it pop now & switches the focus. Thank you so much for your helpful tip! I went into my Photoshop 7 and followed along & learned something new today.

Photoshop seems like a never ending learning experience & I've only begun.

 

[alarionov]

wonderful capture.