Pair of corns
by Tlemetry

Comment by madcrabber:
could use more contrast

Blue Steel
by Tlemetry

Comment by SDW:
Nice find and exposed well. Great capture 7

Blue Steel
by Tlemetry

Comment by photoslik1967:
I love this photograph. It is crisp, clean, balanced, and an eye-catcher. You have my vote...9.

Tiger Swallowtail
by Tlemetry

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review:

Focus and depth of field: Focus is good, depth of field went a bit shallow, resulting in severe softness at the upper tip of the butterly's wing. You did a good job of isolating distracting background, but at the cost of the full sharpnes of the subject. A possible remedy is to either wait until the wings are in a flatter position to minimize the depth of field needed, or to take the picture from a different angle so that less depth of field is required.

A different angle would have hidden the bee, but I do not see the bee as a central player in this story. As it is the bee is partially hidden already.

Color saturation and hue are good. The yellows in the butterfly look a tiny but pale, but it could be that it is just the coloring of this insect. Brightness and contrast are done very well.

As this is an advanced editing challenge, I might have taken the opportunity to darken the light highlites in the background just a bit, to reduce distraction.

Blue Steel
by Tlemetry

Comment by mpreslar:
Neat sculpture, but only marginally meets the challenge.

Blue Steel
by Tlemetry

Comment by JeniY:
Very Cool! Your view point is great - the looking up angle is perfect. Nice work!

Blue Steel
by Tlemetry

Comment by jaxsond:
interesting but the composition doesn't do much for me

Farmhouse updated
by Tlemetry

Comment by HeatherJ:
beautiful!!

Blue Steel
by Tlemetry

Comment by pineapple:
Another environmentally conscious artist at work, I see. Nice range of steely hues there.

Blue Steel
by Tlemetry

Comment by suzanne1:
This looks really cool