The Soldier
Soldier Butterfly on Purple Mist Flower3 total reviews
Comment from Ainsley
I voted for this in the competition in my book it was clearly the best of the rest. I have also read what dreamndee said to you in her review and she is right. I understand your argument about not changing things, but you see highlights like on those small white flowers only appear in a photograph, when your were actually looking at the scene your eyes can see the detail that the camera can't deal with. This is were the old adage, "Expose for the Shadows Develop for the highlights" comes from. You don't see highlights like that in nature!
reply by the author on 26-Jul-2010
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I voted for this in the competition in my book it was clearly the best of the rest. I have also read what dreamndee said to you in her review and she is right. I understand your argument about not changing things, but you see highlights like on those small white flowers only appear in a photograph, when your were actually looking at the scene your eyes can see the detail that the camera can't deal with. This is were the old adage, "Expose for the Shadows Develop for the highlights" comes from. You don't see highlights like that in nature!
Comment Written 24-Jul-2010
reply by the author on 26-Jul-2010
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Thank you so much for your throughout review and the vote, truth I don't deserve it. The photo seems to far below my better ones. It is an older shot and was taken in bright daylight what is always mistake in the tropics. I usually shoot before 8:00 am or after 5:00 pm. I still have trouble to see the white as a hot light even on the computer. Maybe it's my eyes. I think I prefer to cut the white flower of. I left it in because the photo didn't seem very bright to me. Maybe the screen on my new laptop is to dark. Thanks again for correcting me. Sorry for being late.
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Have you had the screen calibrated? The reason I ask is that I was getting a lot of washed out highlights a couple of years a go, then a photographer i know was at my house helping me with something and remarked "How do you do any work on this screen it's awfull" He then explained to me about calibration so I brought a Spyder Pro after I had calidrated the monitor to the light of the room i work in I was amazed at the differance.
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Thank you a lot. No I didn't calibrate the screen. How I do that? I'm still a computer idiot. I know how photo and paint programs work but that's about it.
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If would take me to long to explain the best way is to look it up on the net start by putting something into your browser like 'Monitor Calibration for Digital Photography' and go from there. Everything you ever want to know about taking photos is there somewhere.
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Just have to know where and how to ask. Thanks very much for your great help!!!
Cleo
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Your welcome and thank you for the reviewing vote
Comment from dreamndee
Beautiful composition, with wonderful framing. The exposure is washing out the color of the flower on the right. The focus appears to be soft for this. Love the colors in the butterfly, nice and vibrant. Good luck in the competition.
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Here is where I see the blow out, when I look at the flowers I should see detail, as in nature, not bright spots. I am sure the soft focus is affecting this as well. The is an exposure issue in the camera, not a software touch up!
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2010
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Beautiful composition, with wonderful framing. The exposure is washing out the color of the flower on the right. The focus appears to be soft for this. Love the colors in the butterfly, nice and vibrant. Good luck in the competition.
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Here is where I see the blow out, when I look at the flowers I should see detail, as in nature, not bright spots. I am sure the soft focus is affecting this as well. The is an exposure issue in the camera, not a software touch up!
Comment Written 19-Jul-2010
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2010
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Thank you for your kind review and input. Does the flower really washed out? Maybe I am unsure and will have to look closely. The flower is white. The color range of the Mist Flower reach from white over blue to light purple. Buds and flowers near the end of blooming are often white or grayish.
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Yes, I should have marked the photo with the tools. the flowers I'm pointing out are the little ones to the right. They are a bit of a hot spot. Sorry I wasn't more clear.
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No you wasn't unclear. I was. I understand perfectly what you wrote, meaning the flowers right. I agree they may a little of a hot spot what I could tint or burn them but these flowers are white in nature. Wouldn't it be something like beautifying nature because we can? Shouldn't we leaf the color of nature as it is. I don't mine to use digital tools. I do it all the time in digital paintings and mixed media. I just have trouble to use these tools when I post a photo what mirrored reality. Cropping would be the resolution. I was thinking about to post the photo in a quadrant format but didn't found the white distracting. But that's me and probably wrong.
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No, not wrong. White and light colors are very difficult to photograph! To get the right exposure is tricky on them. It takes practice and experience. Keep working at it, one day you will be surprised at how easy it will come to you, in the camera, as seen!
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I don't know. I still can't see it on the screen. I see the white buds, but they still are just white flowers to me as the look in nature. I know how to use the tools, I refuse to use them because I don't understand why I should beautify nature. If I paint, I paint after my opinion, after my liking. If I want so the sun will be green. If I make mixed medias, I do so too because it is like painting inventing a surreal world. A photo is reality, I'm not God that i should try to change nature. I am not God. I find it it arrogant to try to do so.
But that's just me to be to old fashioned. I refused even in the old times to do retouches on photos taken with a film camera. Whats not good in the first place goes to the trash or will be cut up to be used in a collage.
Comment from sandyapple
good image
seems good focus ... not quite as good a some of the macro shots but still a very pleasant scene
good poise and dof
well done
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2010
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good image
seems good focus ... not quite as good a some of the macro shots but still a very pleasant scene
good poise and dof
well done
Comment Written 19-Jul-2010
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2010
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Thank you verry much for reviewing. I wasn't going for macro. The contest didn't ask for it.