Fly Away

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted February 27, 2012173 views11 comments

While shooting the flower with butterflies and bees pollinating I took this grab shot as the butterfly took off. The backlight and slight blur from the 1/100 sec exposure worked this shot into what I consider art. Art is in the eye of the beholder so you be the judge.
C&C welcomed~
Sony a100, Minolta f 3.5-5.6 80-300 zoom with exposure f11 at 1/100 sec with ISO 200.
Raw processed in Camera Raw 6.4 then exposure adjusted down ~1 stop and sharpened and slight noise reduction and cropped about 33% to square in CS5.

Keep on Shooting

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11 comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on February 27, 2012 at 8:03 PM

For me, too, this is extremely artistic, and is beautiful. I love the light, the colors and the blur.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on February 28, 2012 at 6:41 AM

Sweet!

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on February 28, 2012 at 11:06 AM

Lovely , The movement of the butterfly is wonderful !

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 28, 2012 at 5:19 PM

Looks great to me. I love the color and blur of the butterfly and how they contrast with the sharp flower. Have you thought about making the streaks from the butterfly's antennae tips go away? That might or might not be a subtle improvement.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on February 28, 2012 at 6:01 PM

Mark,

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try that..

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on February 28, 2012 at 6:09 PM

Marks suggestion to clone

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on February 28, 2012 at 6:17 PM

Mark,

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try that..

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on February 29, 2012 at 9:00 PM

the flower and the butterfly are great. I find the light spots on the Right disconcerting.
Carol

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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on March 1, 2012 at 10:07 AM

Beautiful, love the color and the blur.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on March 1, 2012 at 8:28 PM

Beautiful.

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on March 4, 2012 at 6:50 AM

The 2nd shot looks better
The motion effect works well

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