Screened in Butterfly
by Shaman

Comment by rwo82939:
Striking image

Screened in Butterfly
by Shaman

Comment by artvet:
I like the composition an colors here. Very graphic like picture. Good job!

... and he was called Moth-boy by the kids at school for the rest of the year
by Shaman

Comment by srbrubaker:
For what it's worth, I thought this was one of the most memorable shots of the competition. I also thought that it was as well executed most that outscored it.. I think the lightting is fantastic, and I like the use of color. The expression is priceless, even though you cannot see this child's eyes. I might have cropped closer, but I tend to crop too closely. Anyway, very nice shot.

Screened in Butterfly
by Shaman

Comment by posthumous:
just plain pretty. nice background shapes, nice use of color to tie everything together. 8

... and he was called Moth-boy by the kids at school for the rest of the year
by Shaman

Comment by posthumous:
remarkable capture! 7

... and he was called Moth-boy by the kids at school for the rest of the year
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Comment by skewsme:
Really like this - well-posed and the colors are great. The only thing that looks weird is a patch of his hair that looks cloned or over-saturated...?

I see you
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Comment by lynnmarie:
Nice macro. I really like how the proboscis (sucking mouthpart!) shows up so well. I think that this could be improved if you changed the DOF a bit to allow the antennae to be more in focus.

Feathers
by Shaman

Comment by DrAchoo:
I gave this a 6 which is my vote for a solid shot. The shot is abstract in nature, which allows it to not have a focal point. The curved geometry is nice.

I think the biggest downside for me was that the purple seemed to be the result of a shift. This is not to say that a shift is bad (clearly I shifted the WB on my own shot), BUT I think the purple looks a bit muddled when you don't have true blacks and whites in the shot. The blacks look real (although I didn't pull it into PS), but you can see the whites have a cast to them. I didn't quite like that, and that's probably what kept it from getting a 7 or 8.

... and he was called Moth-boy by the kids at school for the rest of the year
by Shaman

Comment by noraneko:
I love the butterfly on the kid's face. I do wish the background were one solid color.

I see you
by Shaman

Comment by wsteyn:
Wow, the detail is brilliant!