Hungry Tigers

Nice shot--looks like you did a good job "cleaning" it up!

This is a real beauty, Wayne. I love the lower POV with the yellow wings of the magnificent BF splayed against the contrasting blue sky. The purple floral perch is great as well. My question is, having "cleaned" up the OOF flowers in the BG, why did you leave the one OOF flower protruding from the right? I think I'd do a little PS magic on it as well, but certainly your preference as the artist. Anyway, beautiful image.

A pleasant shot of this beautiful species- Excellent detail and a fine presentation on this one- Well done, Fabio

Wayne: We don't get very many tigers in our neighborhood although the odd one will wander by now and then. I love the scene and the pristine butterfly bush bloom. I do think I would have made the OOF bloom go away.>=))>

This is beautiful; sharp, colorful, and very nicely positioned in the frame. Very nice image. (BTW, are you familiar with BAMONA? If not, you should check them out. I think you'd be a most valuable member.)

Thanks everyone.

SCOTT: I actually cleaned up only the OOF vegetation that I didn't like because of the colors or placement in the foreground. I actually like the colorful butterfly bush flowers in the background, and wish there were more. But that does not mean I considered adding more flowers. I guess I still have the "documentary" mindset of a nature illustrator, rather than the "artistic" mindset. My images typically appeared in conservation-related publications that did not want altered images. But I am learning since I retired and joined NPN. This is one of the rare images that I might consider framing (art rather than illustration), so I will try erasing that OOF flower head to see how it looks.

NANCY: Thanks for the hint about BAMONA. Have not visited this excellent site in years, so I took another look tonight, and discovered that I left out another tiger swallow that I should have mentioned as a look-alike species (P. appalachiensis, which was apparently split off decades after I did any entomology work). I'll add that to the narrative, just in case this ends up in some somebody's search for species.

Very beautiful butterly photo, Wayne! Great details on the butterflies and the front flower. That back butterfly looks a little battle-scarred! I also would have liked to see the one OOF flower cloned out in this case. Some nicely placed OOF flowers in the background can add to an image but this one just sort of pokes in randomly in my opinion. However, it is certainly up to you as the photographer what to include. Love the way the blue background sets everything off so nicely!

Great look at this swallowtail - nice pose, sharp, and a good angle. Lovely flower.
As long as you're cloning out OOF stuff, I'd continue one step more and clone out the remaining OOF flower.
Congrats on a nice WP!
Sandy

Nice image Wayne,beautifull colors

Hi Wayne Perfectly composed, with superb detail and color. beautiful work Wayne
Albert Darmo
Canada