Posted by Larry Douglas on July 26, 2012 at 11:21 PM
My wife and I started out today to go to the Botanical Gardens to take advantage of one of their free days. We arrive about 9:30 and could not find a parking spot within a mile of the gardens. So we took a detour and arrived at Hudson Garden. The bees and butterflies were in abundance today. Here is a shot of a swallow tail butterfly giving me a nice pose against the sky. As I have said before, some days your are just lucky (and others not so). This is about a 60% crop of the original file.
Posted by Joshua Hardin on August 1, 2012 at 11:29 PM
Crop looks good to me Larry. I would suggest bringing out some shadow detail (Shadow/Highlight Adjustment in Photoshop or Fill Light in Camera RAW) so we can see both the flower and butterfly in a brighter state. Also watch out for those dust spots roaming around the image: I see at least one near the top wing, one to the right of the tail and one (or perhaps a bug) close to the lower right corner. Nice composition and sharpness!
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