Perhaps my favourite ever photograph and one of the rare times when I see what I have produced and think 'wow I am getting this'
No real PP, other than resize, usm and add border
Post Challenge
Well I can't pretend that I was not a bit disappointed with how this scored. I was sure I may have my first 6 on my hands. Having looked at the other entries then perhaps this shot was engulfed by the absolute brilliance of many of the submissions. I think the other thing is that is seemed to lose quite a bit in resizing, the original just seems to shine out more (In fact when I get home - I am working away at the moment - I may post it into my portfolio)
Thanks as ever for the kind and useful comments
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I've no concrete idea as to why this didn't score a six, to tell you the truth. DPC is a very picky place and free studies are tougher than most challenges. Good clarity, very pleasing color. The OOF branch in the foreground (which I like) may have hurt some. Composition is a bit centered, but appropriate for this subject. And I have a theory that half the time score is luck of the draw - it makes me feel better, anyway. :-)
avg vote, the butterfly is not very crisp, the head is blured slightly and kinda wish the front top branch was behind butterfly rather then hiding it a bit
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