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Comment by Mr_Pants:
I like the framing and the colours, although I feel that, perhaps, the focus is slightly behind the butterfly, in that the leaves behind it are quite sharp, whereas the tips of the wings are going out of focus slightly. However, given the difficulty of capturing these little creatures, I don't think that this is at all bad. Perhaps darkening the leaves slightly and bumping the saturation on the butterfly (red admiral?) might give it all a little extra punch. In addition, there are a few splotches on the lower left that might be cloned out to good effect. I feel that these detract from the smoothness of the background. Overall, a nice job.

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Comment by Mr_Pants:
Just to be different, I have to disagree about the cropping. I really like the way that the picture almost breaks down into layers (the field, the building, the lower part of the sky with the clouds and the topmost, cloudless part of the sky). I'd vote for leaving it uncropped, but brightening up the foreground and perhaps bumping the saturation in the sky.

Great DOF, too.

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Comment by MacDonald:
This is really a great photo.... I like your crop as it emphasizes the difference in color of the butterfly against the green background

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Comment by ArpeggioAngel:
Wonderful old barn to photograph. Overall nice capture, but as previously noted, I would have to agree to crop down the sky a little, and bump up the color.

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Comment by ArpeggioAngel:
Great color tones! All natural or PP?

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Comment by ArpeggioAngel:
I love butterfly pics. This one has great color and DOF. Left wing is a little out of focus but not enought to distract from the overall quality of this photo.

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Comment by lissylou:
Great attention to detail. I like the reflection. Love the ribbon and the focus on the center. The ornament in the back seems a little bright, but it's not hurting the picture. I just think I would have put a more subdued ornament in the back.

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Comment by Sebi:
i love this picture, and i dont know why, i just cant stop looking at it. + fave

Message edited by author 2005-12-24 19:34:52.

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Comment by Canadian_eh:
I like this a bit better than the other decoration out-take! A nicer feeling than the oversharpness of the others. Very Nice!

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Comment by Canadian_eh:
Very Nice!! AMAZING COLOURS! the texture in the sky (pixel texture, lol) is amazing! Really quite Hellish... (in a Nice kinda way :D)