Butterfly Photo

Tamron 72B Adaptall 2 90mm f2.8 macro.
AF360FGZ flash.

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nice! i like the last one the most,
the more blured background makes it easyer on the eye.

Number 3 for me.....

Thanks, I liked the third one best as well.
Had a bit of a funny five minutes with number one after reading Alig's tutorial on how to do selective colouring.

Now, I'm not really into all these bug macros you lot seem to like, but, just one word...WOW!.

Love the selective colour one.

Seem a bit oversharpened to me Mike? and the contrast is way too high

However given the location and the amount of sunshine over there I think you've done rather well, especially as the little buggers will be even flightier than ours given the amount of "Solar Power" they get

Keep at it though, macro is a tough nut to crack especially with butterflies. I've been at it years and still not got the perfect shot

Ok, think I have been getting back into my old ways, overprocessing my shots. Have redone them with no sharpening, a bit of a boost saturation wise and thats about it. ... feedback appreciated.

Actually thinking this crop looks better for the last shot ?
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Those are much much better Mike except that last crop which you've gone overboard with again, if you want overprocessed images then your on the wrong forum, you should have bought a Canon instead

QUICK EDIT.....I can see where your problem lies with sharpening Mike, I just had a go with the first shot, the shear amount of detail on the wings means sharpening the image overall is impossible those fine hairs just exagerate any sharpening thats applied, I would normally sharpen a butterfly to about 100/125% at 1.5 radius and threshold 2, I tried yours at 75%, 0.5 radius, threshold 2, and even that seemed to much. Maybe someone on here can help you with selective sharpening techniques which are beyond my skills

Ok, same crop .. no processing whatsoever

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Just had a play with that last one Mike, try adjusting the levels by darkening it slightly then increase the saturation by 10%, finally adjust the sharpness by 80%, radius 0.8, threshold 2

I always try adjusting the levels on an image before applying anything else, what version of photoshop are you using?

Mike-P
Your last version is the best imho. Why all this processing when the nature is so beautiful on its own?

Also agree with impotentspider on oversharpening. Looks as your focussing is spot on anyway.

Well it looks as though when you move a picture in flickr it doesnt display in a posting anymore, suppose it must change the url as well.
Anyway, decided on this one in the end
Looks about right to me now.