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Painted Lady

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 19, 2015201 views10 comments

I love the intricate design of the underside of these beautiful, smallish butterflies. This one is posed on a pink zinnia. The bg is a gray parking lot. I cloned out a zinnia bud and leaf in the LRC; otherwise, standard pp plus slight poster edges. American Painted Lady, Fellows Riverside Gardens, Youngstown. D600, 150 macro, f14, 1/500, iso 800.

Suggestions, questions and other comments welcome. crying

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10 comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on August 19, 2015 at 9:28 AM

Gorgeous, Scott ! Love the non-aggressive sharpness in the flower details and especially in the head and wing of the butterfly - capturing the delicacy of the insect perfectly; nice bg too.

Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on August 19, 2015 at 9:51 AM

Hey Scott,
Don't start re-posting different versions of this composition, it's perfect as is, one of your best.
Well done . . . devil

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 19, 2015 at 12:30 PM

Excellent plane of focus & POV showing off the underside patterns nicely Scott.

The parking lot grays of the BG worked out very well, who would've thought enlightened

Sharp details, beautiful colors devil devil

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 20, 2015 at 9:14 AM

This is a beautiful, gentle look at this American Lady, Scott, with the back lighting really letting the details in the wings show well. The gentle gray of the background helps nicely in setting off the subjects...(guess we photogs need more parking lots....) The subtle pink of the flower is a fine addition as well.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on August 20, 2015 at 10:16 PM

I love the backlighting and the excellent detail in the butterfly! The zinnia is a beautiful perch. The grey of the parking lot makes a nice bg.

Registered on January 14, 2009, 316 Posts, 2724 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on August 20, 2015 at 11:56 PM

Now that's a great use for a parking lot! The gray makes a great background to show off both the "lady" and the flower. Excellent view of both wind surfaces, with the DOF just right to display the far dorsal surface without making it so sharp to distract from the beautiful ventral surface. Very graceful pose and perfect amount of background.

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on August 21, 2015 at 5:41 PM

Scott,

I've using parking lots for bg's and they come out very nice when blurred. Well done with the orange, gray, and pink for the composition. Butterfly's eye is nice and sharp.............................................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on August 21, 2015 at 5:50 PM

A splendid portrait for a beautiful butterfly. The wings seem the work of a fashion designer for colors and the designs. I love the photo.

Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 22, 2015 at 1:51 PM

Great BF picture. "Painted Lady" is also a nickname for a Victorian house painted in six or seven different colors. Well shown against the neutral (parking lot) background. cool

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Harlow on August 24, 2015 at 4:53 PM

Scott, nice shot of an American Lady, that single white dot on the dorsal and ventral sides of the forewing separate the American from the Painted Lady.

Did a nice job on the background, love the colors.

Registered on July 9, 2015, 31 Posts, 77 Comments