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Butterfly at Chester Zoo in the butterfly house while there was thick snow outside Only the few die hard photographers at the Zoo that day
| Camera: | Nikon P90  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Butterfly on flower |
| Username: | 
bigbirdr7 |
| Uploaded: | 14 Jan 2010 - 6:44 PM |
| Tags: | General, Pets / captive animals, Wildlife / nature |
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You have done well to get this. The butterfly is sharp and well-exposed. and looks well in juxtaposition to the red flower.
Perhaps a bit more contrast, via a curves adjustment,whilst taking the saturation in the red channel down a bit to recover some more detail in the flower, might help. I've uploaded a mod for you which reflects my comments, which I hope help.
My preference is to eliminate that bamboo cane and slightly decrease the reds, however I would also turn the image 90 deg. I find my eye rest better, but its how you want us to see the image that counts, many thanks Paul ( I believe the flowers are not real?)
Quote: You have done well to get this. The butterfly is sharp and well-exposed. and looks well in juxtaposition to the red flower.
Perhaps a bit more contrast, via a curves adjustment,whilst taking the saturation in the red channel down a bit to recover some more detail in the flower, might help. I've uploaded a mod for you which reflects my comments, which I hope help.
In order to eliminate the cane, use the clone tool, and target the green leaves with the circle(the size is decided by the brush size listed in the second row down top left. When you have found an appropriate size, place the circle on the leaf chosen to copy and hit the ALT key on your keyboard this is what will copy, and it moves as you target the picture it will keep the distance between your first copy instuction to the target area, so we need to change it often as we might move in on another object that we dont wish to copy, now put the circle where you want to change the shot and click LH it will alter immediately (it needs a little practice but you will get there) you will see how it reacts between target chosen and place to adjust -Paul
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