Green Butterfly

Kev Richards · Jan 14, 2015

This was taken at my recent visit to the Stratford Upon Avon butterfly farm. Its my favorite butterfly shot to date. All C&C graciously recieved.

MichaelHenson · Jan 14, 2015

Beautiful! I was going to comment in your mushroom thread that depth of field (DOF) was impacting the sharpness of your images, but others already had. (Basically, your depth of field was too small to even keep a single mushroom in focus.) I can see in this photo that you made the adjustment and it looks good! Love the creamy background and the butterfly is very sharp. My only critique is that the left wing goes a bit dark. You may have already tried this, but I would look at dodging it (lightening it specifically with a brush in Lightroom or Photoshop) or doing some shadow recovery or something. Basically, look for a way to increase the exposure of that left wing so it matches the right...

Beautiful shot though! Keep 'em coming!

Kev Richards · Jan 14, 2015

MichaelHenson said:
Beautiful! I was going to comment in your mushroom thread that depth of field (DOF) was impacting the sharpness of your images, but others already had. (Basically, your depth of field was too small to even keep a single mushroom in focus.) I can see in this photo that you made the adjustment and it looks good! Love the creamy background and the butterfly is very sharp. My only critique is that the left wing goes a bit dark. You may have already tried this, but I would look at dodging it (lightening it specifically with a brush in Lightroom or Photoshop) or doing some shadow recovery or something. Basically, look for a way to increase the exposure of that left wing so it matches the right...

Beautiful shot though! Keep 'em coming!

Thank you for your comment and tip regarding the exposure on the wing. I will attempt to rectify this. I had realised myself that I was having an issue with DOF and it just took me moving back slightly to rectify this. I think that I'm improving with the help and guidance from yourself and others who comment on my shots. Thank you and everyone else for taking the time to view and help me create better images.