Butterfly On Wall

[ike]

Today i went out on a 18mile walk to take some photo's.

Planned everything out and went walking, only took me 7 hours!

This is one of the better shots of the day.

It is the first time i have tried to shoot anything that moves unexpectidly, and i was sooo running out of patience after following this little fella down a dirt track lol



I think its a Red Admiral Butterfly, but im not sure as all the other images i can find on google they look alot different, any clue?

ike,

[Farkled]

I like it - very much! perhaps a little tighter crop will enhance your subject.

[jiminyClickit]

ike,

Is this a crop? As Farkled suggests, more crop would help. There's nothing but more wall on the right and bottom, so that could go, and the moth is headed for the upper left, so it has a place to fly off to. It's great because you got it, I so understand that.

[ike]

Thanks guys,

Nope jiminy, its not a crop but i understand about removing the dead space,

here is the cropped version.



Turns out it is a 'Small Tortoiseshell' not a red admiral as i first thought.

ike,

[jiminyClickit]

ike,

Usually it's a guess based on imagination if I comment on how a crop might help. Here I thought the large black shadow on the right took away from your Small Tortoiseshell. Does it still have a look you like?

[ike]

Nope, i dont like the big hole in the wall either, i was thinking of maybe cloning it out in the new crop, and possibly lightening the shadow above from the stone wall, if i can achieve that i think it will be a good shot.

ike,

[jiminyClickit]

ike,

I'll be curious to see if the butterfly's large shadow looks odd after the other shadows are lightened. I used to do this with onionskin paper over a drawing, sketching in, erasing. Hurray for edit programs! You'll have a fine shot soon.

[clockdoc]

I can appreciate how hard it is to capture these little guys, not to mention as part of an 18 mile walk! The shadows really help make this a 'keeper' and the cropping, to your taste, will make it a 'hanger.' Nice work!