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Wild White Butterfly
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Wild White Butterfly

by Barb Pflaum

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 25, 2013100 views6 comments
This White Butterfly was wild, not in a butterfly tent like some of my previous posts. I tried darkening the bg to black and liked the effect so I left it that way.

Canon 60D, 70-300IS lens@300mm, f/14, 1/320 sec, ISO800

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on September 25, 2013 at 8:01 PM
I like it also! Your treatment of the BG works well. Glad you got the shot with the wings open. Thanks for posting.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on September 25, 2013 at 9:22 PM
Beautiful, Barb. The dark bg works really well against the orange flower. I like the resulting black and white effect with the striking orange and brown colors. Nice detail in the BF and good detail throughout the image. Well done.
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on September 26, 2013 at 1:53 PM
I like the black BG , as it enhances the boldness of the white on orange.
Registered on May 23, 2009, 800 Posts, 2042 Comments
Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on September 27, 2013 at 5:50 AM
The effect is nice but I think you should take more about selecting the flower edges. As it is now, the petal edges in the back don' t look natural.
Registered on July 23, 2005, 111 Posts, 408 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on September 27, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Lovely image of the white, Barb - they are so often ragged or discoloured but this one looks pretty pristine. The whole composition and the black bg work well for me.
Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments
Comment posted by Wayne Jones on September 27, 2013 at 12:30 PM
Wonderful detail in the cabbage white and the flower, Barb. I am in the minority regarding black backgrounds in nature photographs because it often makes a natural photo look unnatural, and I think that's the case here. While a dark background certainly helps the flower stand out, making it totally black makes the background and the lighting both look artificial. (Just my odd taste, as my only nit with an otherwise lovely photograph.)
Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments