Convergence
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Comment by cgino:
Love the stark lighting and symmetry, gorgeous!

Fiery Feathers
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Comment by docpjv:
This one is a beaut!

Butterfly on Buddleia
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Comment by blindjustice:
another wonderfully crafted world. Its amazing how great a shot can be when we focus on the backgrounds...

Butterfly on Buddleia
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Comment by HarveyG:
Superb butterfly/macro/close-up. Crisp wings, antennae and feelers and decent bokeh for the challenge.

Butterfly on Buddleia
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Comment by tvsometime:
Incredibly colored creature. Hefty body for a butterfly. voted earlier

Fiery Feathers
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Comment by tanguera:
Hyper tonemapping...

Butterfly on Buddleia
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Comment by PennyStreet:
Some might say this is a bit busy, but the colors are marvelous. nice bg.

Fiery Feathers
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Comment by bmartuch:
Great shot of that rooster. Nice sharpness.

Butterfly on Buddleia
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Comment by MaryO:
Spectacular butterfly! I want one :-) Bokeh is a bit busy with everything else in the scene; I might have cropped out the floweron the right.

Another rough night ahead
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Comment by P-A-U-L:

Originally posted by Cory: You've pulled the shadows too hard here. I see what you were going for, but there are two ways to deal with this. The first, is a massive hit of noise reduction, the other is to embrace the grain, and convert to black and white, while adding a bit more to even things out. Great image for Peter, and really a powerful image as well, very spooky cloud mass there!

Thanks Cory - I do think on reflection there is too much noise. My laptop where I tend to do my processing tends not to make the noise so noticeable or perhaps it is the bottle of wine I have consumed whilst processing:)

I think adding more noise may have been a wise move to make it look less like it was not meant to be there. It was a wild night and unfortunately I was in a tent:)