White Butterfly (appeared all white in flight)

Thoughts?

Dave, I haven't the foggiest regarding the species, but it is one heck of a fine shot. Wonderful detail, and perfect exposure. Just lovely! Cheers! Chris

Thanks Chris! I was just amazed at how long and far this guy could fly, unbelievable. This is the last time I chase one of these around 3 acres.

Again great macro work with beautiful colors and light, Dave. Love its white against the darker background. Best regards

Well caught the details Dave, well placed on the frame and nice BG. lovely BF.

Lovely composition as well. Very well done.

Very nice capture, best regards, Antanas.

Perfect Dave! All that running around paid off. Attractive against the green.

 

Beautiful image and presentation. db

I don't want to forget anyone so, Thanks to all for your comments and taking your time to comment. Dave

In order to critique something like this image, one must have used a macro lens & then tried to capture the wind at the same time :)You did very, very well. Butterflies just don't stand still for very long (unless you glued his feet to the leaf? :).

 

Besides the butterfly, two things I really like about this image:

 

1-The terrific separation from background you achieved with his little antennae

 

2-The little dot of red color in the lower left of the image, suggests a flower of sorts.

 

Anyway, this is very, very nice. If this were mine I would adjust a few things. First, the exposure of the butterfly is spot on but, as you know when photography something so light on a dark background the background usually suffers, thus bracketing. If you shot this in RAW you are set, if not then I would adjust the background in PS & leave the little butterfly alone. As usual, it is easier for me to show than tell (I tend to get wordy :). I am adding an image to show you what I mean. Otherwise, terrific capture!

Couldn't resist. Here's one just for you :)

Jayme, thanks so much ~ I will be sending my keepers your way for editing.

Thanks for stopping by and, the font you use, I've always loved it, it's so you.

Not sure why the image didn't show. Try, try again :)Oh no, now I see!

 

Sorry I had loaded a .tif file, (shaking my head :) It was early, I was drinking coffee, etc. What was I thinking??? :) Anyway, I couldn't resist playing in Painter with this one :)

Jayme ~ thank you for the Gift!

It came out very nice and makes me want to jump into Painter again. I do a photo every once in awhile, not frequently enough to remember what I had learned from my prior visit. My right brain just isn't there, probably because I tap into it so infrequently due to our professions.

Thanks again, Dave