a well captured behavioural shot, nice lighting too. The white flowers at the top of the image look blown, but otherwise like this.
Matt
Posted by Andy Astbury on August 9, 2008 at 4:02 AM
Two things - camera in portrait format would have given a more pleasing comp, and if you'd managed to bend/move that OoF stem out of frame temporarily there would be nothing distracting in the BG.
It's still a nice shot though Ian and I think with better processing you can do something over the 'hot' flowers
Posted by Magnus Hird on August 9, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Agree with Andy about the format - the cut off flower heads wold all fit in. But otherwise a nice shot
A good bit of behaviour to have witnessed but composition doesn't quite work for me with the flowers cut off and with the upper butterfly's head so near to the top of the frame.
Andy's suggestion for shooting in portrait format would have worked a treat here.
Posted by Paul Inglis on August 9, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Hi Ian,
Lovely, absolutely lovely capture! I agree with Andy's suggestion of shooting in portrait format here! It would have worked a treat here but you managed to capture a lovely natural history moment! Most pleasing!
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Matt
It's still a nice shot though Ian and I think with better processing you can do something over the 'hot' flowers
Andy's suggestion for shooting in portrait format would have worked a treat here.
Lovely, absolutely lovely capture! I agree with Andy's suggestion of shooting in portrait format here! It would have worked a treat here but you managed to capture a lovely natural history moment! Most pleasing!
Thanks for the advice mate i will try and put it into practice in the future
Ian
Cheers
Matt