Butterfly # 1

Lovely and well composed. Very fragile butterfly, yet good detail. What are your initial impressions of the 800E?

The D800E is incredible. It so sharp I rarely have do out put sharpening. The dynamic range seems twice as large as my Canon 5dII. I recently did backed 5 exposure shots of a Catholic cathedral and was able to process only one Image which held the shadows and highlights!! I sold all my Canon gear and bought Nikon because of it. Have had no issues with moire or color shift. It is truly like having medium format.

I think the butterfly looks great, but I find the flower in TLC too distructing.

Good capture but something looks overdone about it, there is a halo around the butterfuly.

Thanks for the input. I agree the flower at TLC is a little to hot. There is another yellow flower behind the butterfly but no halo. At 100% it is razor sharp which causes it to stand out a little I guess?? Will re post.

Lovely colors and details in the butterfly. I see lots of JPG artifacts around many of the edges. Have you read the processing for posting thread in the digital imaging forum?
http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/bbs.cgi?a=vm&mr=21913&CGISESSID=9d6419eff80acbffa4aa5c8c6beb2938&u=22747

Mark, I have not read the processing post but will thanks. I have reduced a 207 MB file to just about nothing. Having problems.

Gorgeous image, Bunn. The butterfly is amazingly beautiful, but I like the entire image. I understand Chris' suggestion with regard to the flower in the ULC but, personally, I don't have a problem with it. I think it adds to the overall storybook look. I do agree with Mark's observation about the artifacts in this web presentation. I can see where it will be challenging to resize the files from the 800. On the other hand, this will make a stellar large print. Thanks for sharing this excellent image.