Monarch

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted July 25, 2011112 views8 comments

On this day recently, I was looking for birds but, as is often the case, they were hiding from me too successfully. However, as is also often the case, this beautiful bird substitute showed up!

Learning from my previous posts, I decided to present the butterfly and its perch as a processed photographic image while limiting my painting efforts to the bg. As previously I used Painter 12 and CS5.

The original image was obtained with a 1D Mark IV, 400 mm f/5.6, 1.4x TC, hand held: ISO 1250, 1/1000 s, f/11, 0 EV, NR, exposure adjustment, sharpening.

All comments most welcome.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 25, 2011 at 8:01 PM

This works very well. a nice sharp subject and beautiful painted bg, lovely colors. The image as a whole just shouts "Summertime!".

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on July 25, 2011 at 10:49 PM

Really like the watercolor or pastel effect. The original image is outstanding to begin with... the enhancements makes it a work of art.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on July 25, 2011 at 11:46 PM

Steve, What a beautiful painting. I can just see this printed large on canvas.

Very lovely,

Regards,

Carol

PS The birds are hiding. I don't even see or hear any unless I'm up and moving quite early.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on July 26, 2011 at 7:10 AM

Steve, I like the subtle painterly look to this. Colors and comp are lovely.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 26, 2011 at 7:27 AM

Looks very nice in the LP Steve, I think the image is perfect for this added painterly look..
Also think leaving the BF alone and limiting the effect to your BG is the right way to go.
Well done!

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on July 26, 2011 at 5:03 PM

Beautiful image Steve I really like the BG.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 28, 2011 at 5:59 AM

Steve:
Beautiful. Looks like the BF landed on a watercolor painting.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 14, 2012 at 12:45 AM

Missed this beforev - a very lovely image. Perfect colours and processing.
Sandy

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