Winged Beauty
by amcfoto

Comment by tristalisk:
Greetings From The Critique Club!!!!

Initial Impact: WOW!! what a lot of colors!!

Meeting The Challenge: This fits the challenge Perfectly. Both the flowers and the butterfly are beautyfull and enen literal symbols of beauty.

Composition: The angle and the general composition are nice. But as a couple of the other comenter stated cropping out the end of the wings and tail were probably a bad move. I feel that with so much of the subjectin the photo it just looks incomplet with the missing parts.

Color: WOW!! now thats color!! Such bright reds, with hints of blues, yellows and greens. More than enough color to keep even the color hungy monsters like me happy. I expecialy like the way the red stripe on the wing follows and creates a continuous line with the red on the flower. Very nice.

Focus: Once again very well done. Nice crisp focus, a nice use of the shallow DOF. The image is crisp and the subject stands out well.

Lighting: This I feel is was hurt this great shot the most. The lighting on this one was way to harsh. This couses everything to look hard and overshrpened. The lighting also caused tou to loose some of the delecate details in the petals. With a softer light I imagine you would have had lots of wonderfull texture reals adding to the dpth of the photo.

Overall; This is a good image. Put the missing body parts back in addd a bit of soft warm light to richen the colors and you probably would have seen the little suckers score up in the 6's easily. Nice job keep on shooting. I look foward to seeing what you have to share with us next.

Tristalisk

Winged Beauty
by amcfoto

Comment by Beagleboy:
A bit too bright. Highlights on the flower are blown out.

Winged Beauty
by amcfoto

Comment by strangeghost:
An incredible explosion of color and form. Excellent way to meet the challenge!

Winged Beauty
by amcfoto

Comment by moonlight:
wow thats a really great shot

Winged Beauty
by amcfoto

Comment by Olyuzi:
I love the color and detail of textures. Very interesting composition as well. Only fault I can find is the cropping out of the wing and body. Still giving high mark.

Winged Beauty
by amcfoto

Comment by sidpixel:
superb capture and detail - beautiful - good luck

1/4 teaspoon pepper...
by amcfoto

Comment by sbeaumont:
Nice use of macro and negative space. Lighting good but could use a tad more contrast perhaps. 7

1/4 teaspoon pepper...
by amcfoto

Comment by steveisout:
Well composed and well lit. Also, I like that you've chosen something other than salt and/or sugar. Good shot!

Winged Beauty
by amcfoto

Comment by jpochard:
This is really nice. I would like to see the brightness toned down just a bit and maybe bring out a little richness in the colors, but it's also nice just as it is. For composition, I think it would have been better with just a bit less of the left side and including the full wing - however I know it's just hard enough to get a butterfly - much less getting that perfect composition before it flies away!

1/4 teaspoon pepper...
by amcfoto

Comment by sabphoto:
I like the idea and setup. Lighting seems right and depth of field too but the pepper seems soft on the focus and maybe even a little more greenish than the black I was expecting...could just be me. Good luck