Fly on the Mountain
by lynnmarie

Comment by Tlemetry:
I have been wondering what that flower is! That is one creepy looking fly!

Fly on the Mountain
by lynnmarie

Comment by lynnmarie:

Originally posted by Brad: The more I looked at this, the more I saw could be done with it:

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it so much. I sent you a PM.

Fly on the Mountain
by lynnmarie

Comment by undieyatch:
Snow on the mountain a great shade plant. I seldom notice them in bloom, this is great.

Fly on the Mountain
by lynnmarie

Comment by Brad:
What do you mean ooops it was set to 400? 400 is fine on the 350D/400D.
The tones & levels here look good, as is the sharpness.

The more I looked at this, the more I saw could be done with it:
- to ->

(open each in a new window and switch
between them to see the changes easily)

What I did to it was to make a new layer and select the fly and bring some shadow detail out, then history brush everything back that wasn't the fly. Then made a new layer via copy, used the selective color adjustment, yellow, and added 20% yellow, and erased back all teh leaves to make sure I didn't change their subtle tones. Flattened. Then using the color picker tool (eyedropper), I selected a rather bold yellow (hex#faee2e), and using a soft-edged brush in color burn mode at about 6%, painted over the yellows in the flowers, repeating a few times until it looked plausible without over-saturation. Overlay mode would work as well, and would not alter the base pixels. When done, I flattened and went to selective color adjustments and bumped the whites just a touch.

Twilight
by lynnmarie

Comment by chalice:
Beautiful effect. Best use of a flash that I have seen in a long time (i.e. you can't tell you used one). Well done.

Fly on the Mountain
by lynnmarie

Comment by Elaine:
Odd combination, but nice shot!

Twilight
by lynnmarie

Comment by JLC:
Very pretty! Nice composition! Nice work!

Fly on the Mountain
by lynnmarie

Comment by jmritz:
Odd combination leads to a nice image. That robber fly does look like a thief. :)

Fly on the Mountain
by lynnmarie

Comment by pixelpig:
So many different flowers, so little time! "D This is a nice comp & thank you very much for the information. Bugs & flowers go together like PB&J!

Fly on the Mountain
by lynnmarie

Comment by BlueZamia:
Haven't encountered Snow on the Mountain before. Great photo.
The flower is so tailored and the fly is very hairy and filigree.
The contrast is really interesting.(I'm a big bug fan anyhow.)