It is a cool photo that might benefit from a bit more post-processing
adjustment.
Rick Womer wrote on 6/26/19 6:27 PM:
Dan, I like the subject and the background; but it’s a bit dull. I wonder what
would happen if you brightened the wing and increased its saturation.
To me, it looks rather flat, like it was photographed in a light tent so
that there are no shadows at all.
I wonder if it would be possible (in future attempts) to move the light
source to one side of the light tent so that while still diffuse the
light would be a bit more directional and bring out some of the
structure on the surface of the wing.
Unfortunately, at this resolution, on my screen, most of the fine detail
is lost anyways.
For processing, it seems to lack a bit of dynamic range, a small bit of
the black gets close to full black, but most of it is more of a dark grey.
In order to increase the dynamic range of the photo, assuming light
room, maybe bump the exposure a stop or two, so that the whites become
white, rather than grey, and maybe reduce the black point to bring back
some of the blacks and increase saturation a bit.
It might also be worth while to try the white balance dropper (again
assuming lightroom) on a couple of the black areas.
It might also benefit from a bit of chromatic aberration adjustment,
there seems to be just a touch of green fringing on the antenna.
Rick
On Jun 23, 2019, at 8:46 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote:
I tried to capture some of the marvelous detail in a monarch's wing, while
this was was still in the process of drying out enough to fly away:
http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/6/22/wing
K-5 IIs, smc FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8
Comments are appreciated.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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