Western Tiger ST

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 4, 201157 views6 comments

A Western Tiger Swallow Tail taken back in late June.

Olympus E-5
50-200mm F2.8-3.5
1/2000 sec @ F7.1 -0.3 EV
spot matering
ISO 400
manual focus
Cropped to approx. 40% of FF
tripod

Large view provided

Thank you for any comments or critiques

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on August 5, 2011 at 8:00 AM

Hi Charlie, I like the image. It is nice and sharp. IMHO it could use a touch of brightening in the shadow areas of the butterflies face, maybe a bit of fill flash. The OOF flower in the BG is a bit distracting, cloning it out might strengthen the image. Thanks for sharing this neat butterfly shot.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on August 5, 2011 at 9:50 AM

Good critique John. I will work on the dark area of the face and upper body. See what I can do there. I started with a rather imperfect image that I liked and have gotten to a still imperfect image I only like a bit better

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on August 6, 2011 at 2:14 AM

Very nice composiiton Charlie. I really like the diagonal triangle of the butterfly with the rounded flowers. There is some slight noise in the background, but it is rather film like in quality and is quite attractive.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on August 6, 2011 at 4:31 AM

Marvelous composition Charlie, really like the use of diagonal and the eye-contact!

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on August 6, 2011 at 11:30 AM

I like the diagonal line the subject makes here Charlie. The detail in the larger version looks great despite the large crop. Unfortunately the light is a bit on the harsh side. I am not bothered by the flower in the BG at all, but do wish we would be seeing more of the butterfly and less of the (shadowed) underside of the flower head.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 6, 2011 at 1:51 PM

Charlie, not my favorite angle since a lot of the butterfly is cut off, but this still works because of the angle of the wings and the look he is giving the viewer. I leo think you might be able to pull a few more details out of the blacks, but the edges of the pedals are a bit on the bright side as well. Overall, nice comp and colors though.

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