Burst Of Color
by Skyarcher

Comment by Melethia:
This works well for me. So often we see lovely perfectly focused, sharp shots of butterflys, but in reality, they always seem to be flitting about and moving, even when they pause to feed. So this does them justice, in my opinion. And the bokeh is lovely!

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Comment by datcat:
soft and sweet

Burst Of Color
by Skyarcher

Comment by jmritz:
Feels like I'm flying along with the butterfly. What a wonderful effect.

Burst Of Color
by Skyarcher

Comment by Jutilda:
This one works. It has a blurry effect yet it isn't just a blurred shot, if that makes sense. It has a dreamy quality and I like that we are following the butterfly instead of just observing him. Nice colors. If it were mine I might play with the green a smidge to heighten it - maybe reduce the black of the selective yellow or green, or just play with the hue adjustment. Love the pinky purples.

Burst Of Color
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Comment by cgino:
Quite lovely! I would have guessed she was flying through the scene rather than perched, what great motion!

Burst Of Color
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Comment by whiteroom:
very nice! i'm also into butterlies right now. :)

Burst Of Color
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Comment by JLC:
Nice image. I like the motion in the butterfly's wings!

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Comment by Skyarcher:
Thanks Nick and Louis, will give different variations a try today. :)

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Comment by nixter:
A very nice soft image with a lovely shallow dof, the leaf looks like velvet.
If I may suggest rather than using a hue/sat layer for B&W conversion try the channel mixer and have a play with the sliders to give a bit more range in the tones. : )

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Comment by Louis:
Nice and classic, and I concur with the need for a bit more contrast.