Very nice, ladies (Lorell and Natalie). Colors, sharpness, values, composition are all excellent.
Don, you posted as I was looking for my usual typos. Another beauty: the reds and rusts look great, and I especially admire the values in your photo.
I revisited another favorite from my archives: a Monarch butterfly on a blanket flower, taken maybe 10 years ago in the front yard.
The blanket flower was beautifully patterned and had vivid colors, and even though it's a favorite photo I think the strong colors of the flower dominated the photo, stealing attention from the Monarch.
So I re-edited the image this morning: cropped differently, de-saturated all but the butterfly, tweaked brightness and contrast of the Monarch and the grayed background layers, and did a final slight bump in saturation of the butterfly...
Don, you posted as I was looking for my usual typos. Another beauty: the reds and rusts look great, and I especially admire the values in your photo.
I revisited another favorite from my archives: a Monarch butterfly on a blanket flower, taken maybe 10 years ago in the front yard.
The blanket flower was beautifully patterned and had vivid colors, and even though it's a favorite photo I think the strong colors of the flower dominated the photo, stealing attention from the Monarch.
So I re-edited the image this morning: cropped differently, de-saturated all but the butterfly, tweaked brightness and contrast of the Monarch and the grayed background layers, and did a final slight bump in saturation of the butterfly...
Don't blame me - I didn't vote for him!
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