A seldom seen butterfly, shot just last week. 20D/100mm, 1/180, f.8, iso100, 580ex, diffusers.
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gunn
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Beautiful shot, what kind is it? oh a small suggestion perhaps, on my monitor, it appears that the subject is blending in to the shadow around the eyes, just a thought.
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Yeah, on mine too Rick. However a great shot just the same Gunn. Beautiful! I will be glad when the warm weather gets back to North Carolina, it is snowing again!on my monitor, it appears that the subject is blending in to the shadow around the eyes
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Well I am no whiz with photo software either there Gunn and I really do not know what to do about the blending of like colors in a situation like this. I try to pay more attention to my backgrounds but sometimes I get captivated by the subject in anticipation of photographing it and forget to notice what is behind it.
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Lovely, Gunn!
I don't have any particular photoshop tips except maybe try to use magic wand to separate the b-fly from the bg, then use levels, brightness, or whatever suits your fancy to brighten up the bg.
If you were shooting RAW, you could try developing the shot a second time with a large +exposure, running the bg through noiseninja or similar noise reduction program to get rid of the massive noise this will cause, then merging the properly exposed b-fly onto the overexposed (but hopefully colorful) bg.
I did something like that here:
http://www.photomacrography1.net/forum/ ... hlight=raw
I don't have any particular photoshop tips except maybe try to use magic wand to separate the b-fly from the bg, then use levels, brightness, or whatever suits your fancy to brighten up the bg.
If you were shooting RAW, you could try developing the shot a second time with a large +exposure, running the bg through noiseninja or similar noise reduction program to get rid of the massive noise this will cause, then merging the properly exposed b-fly onto the overexposed (but hopefully colorful) bg.
I did something like that here:
http://www.photomacrography1.net/forum/ ... hlight=raw
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Hello Gunn.
A lighter BG would have been nice, but the face is distinguishable enough as is. Sometimes we have to settle for what nature allows. Beautiful color and sharp detail on the butterfly.
A lighter BG would have been nice, but the face is distinguishable enough as is. Sometimes we have to settle for what nature allows. Beautiful color and sharp detail on the butterfly.
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