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mariposa palenque
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| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Mingfai Fong (mingfaifong) (48) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-06-29 |
| Categories: Insects |
| Exposure: f/4.9, 1/640 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop |
| Date Submitted: 2007-12-29 11:55 |
| Viewed: 961 |
| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
| Palenque, located in southern Mexico, is a among the most impressive and well-excavated Mayan ruin sites in Mesoamerica. This well-camouflaged butterfly was perched at the edge of a 100-ft ledge near the top of Templo de la Cruz. |
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Hi Mingfai,
Gorgeous butterfly. You acheived a great openwing POV, very good color and detail. I'd like to see this cropped for a closer view and improvement of the composition. From my perspective there is too much unnesasary space on the left and top. TFS
Richard
PS: I did a work shop showing a different crop, etc.
I love the textures you have captured in the stone and I like the cold whites and greys of the background. Very good focus and perfect amount of light. I think the amount of background you included is good as it gives a good contrast between the hard face of the rock and the delicate features of the butterfly. However, I thought the butterfly looked a bit dull (it probably looked like this in person) so to create more contrast from the background I did a workshop to increase saturation, just to brighten the butterfly up a bit. I hope you think it's ok! Happy new year,
Roxanne
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