Monarch on Thistle #3 of 3

Posted by Craig Lipski on Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:11 am

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Monarch
Danaus plexippus

Livingston Co, MI

Last one, I promise. Not real creative, but no distractions here, I hope (lol.)

5D IV
100-400 4.5-5.6 II
1/400, f/8
iso 1600
Natural light, hand held

Comments and suggestions always welcome.

Good light,
Craig

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by leigha on Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:01 pm

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Perfect portrait of the handsome monarch. Always love the thistle perches.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:37 pm

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Very pretty-more like a painting, perhaps , than the others. An illustration for a book comes to mind. That said, I think I prefer the complexity of the other two a bit more.

Um...I am a wee bit distracted by the bit of fuzzy bright white at the bottom right of the thistle-grabs my eye a bit. Probably just me- I fuss about bright edges, but of course I don't usually succeed in avoiding them myself! It's easy to see in someone else's work!

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by Tom Whelan on Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:02 pm

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Excellent parallel position and detail.

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by Matthew Pugh on Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:01 am

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Hi

A very appealing image that look clean, has a nice composition and show excellent all round details. If I has a suggestion it would have been to try a few shots more stopped down, you are losing a little sharpness upon the upper wing - and its always good to try different apertures to see the effect

But that a very minor suggestion about a lovely image

All the best
Matthew

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