Butterfly -Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Posted by Cynthia Crawford on Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:29 pm

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Well everyone is using "Topaz Glow" so I thought I'd get on the bandwagon. Didn't use it much-just a bit of enhancement. Not sure if I like it-I'll leave judgement to the excellent taste of my colleagues here.

. As usual, click to enhance view.

Note: Just looked up this butterfly-not a Viceroy as I originally posted.

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by swanuck on Sat Jun 10, 2017 3:53 pm

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nice portrayal of monarch

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by Cynthia Crawford on Sat Jun 10, 2017 4:51 pm

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swanuck wrote:nice portrayal of monarch

Thank you. Sorry-not a monarch-wish it was. They have almost disappeared where I live.

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by Carol Clarke on Sat Jun 10, 2017 5:29 pm

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Yes, definitely a swallowtail, and a beauty too! Is it on honeysuckle? I love the smell of honeysuckle.

Beautifully done Cindy, whatever you did looks really good to me.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Sat Jun 10, 2017 7:24 pm

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Carol Clarke wrote:Yes, definitely a swallowtail, and a beauty too! Is it on honeysuckle? I love the smell of honeysuckle.

Beautifully done Cindy, whatever you did looks really good to me.

Thanks Carol- yes, honeysuckle, I'm pretty sure-found near a local beaver pond.

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by Karl Egressy on Sat Jun 10, 2017 7:58 pm

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Nicely done Cynthia. Love the presentation with the flowers and the glow.

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by Sandy R-B on Sat Jun 10, 2017 8:02 pm

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I like this a lot - a great image to start with, then nice work with the filter.
May just be my laptop (traveling this week) but the BG has lots of little fuzz that doesn't add anything, imo.
I like the green halo around the butterfly, but not sure why it's only around the butterfly.
Nevertheless, a very nice image.
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by Cynthia Crawford on Sat Jun 10, 2017 8:25 pm

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Sandy R wrote:I like this a lot - a great image to start with, then nice work with the filter.
May just be my laptop (traveling this week) but the BG has lots of little fuzz that doesn't add anything, imo.
I like the green halo around the butterfly, but not sure why it's only around the butterfly.
Nevertheless, a very nice image.
Sandy

Thanks Sandy. I dunno why the glow only selected the butterfly. Not very familiar with this filter. The texture in the background also just arrived. I liked it so it stayed.

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by david fletcher on Sun Jun 11, 2017 4:40 am

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beautiful shot Cindy... Like it. Nice to see a bit of glow.. done well with this.

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by Ron Day on Sun Jun 11, 2017 1:52 pm

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Lovely image, Cindy! It appears you are doing well with Topaz Glow. If you click on a preset in Topaz Glow, you have access to detailed adjustments you can make, one of which is to reduce "glow," should you wish. To me, it looks great, as is. Also, I actually like the texture in the background. The pose of this Tiger Swallowtail is excellent, showing off the stunning wing detail to the maximum. Beautiful, artistic work!!!

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by Jeff Munoz on Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:36 am

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Love the composition, the colors are fantastic Cynthia!!!

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by Cynthia Crawford on Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:47 pm

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Jeff Munoz wrote:Love the composition, the colors are fantastic Cynthia!!!

Thank you Jeff- thanks for stopping by.

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