Walt, I think the strength of the image is the black butterfly. I might do some cropping, especially on the right side.
Jack --- On Wed, 12/8/10, Walter Gilbert <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Walter Gilbert <ldott...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: PESO: A Swallowtail in Respite > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 12:28 PM > Thanks, Jack. > > I think you hit upon why I was iffy on that shot. > It's not so much the > lack of vividness, but the fact that the butterfly itself > is somewhat > bland in comparison to the mimosa tree. Hmm ... come > to think of it, > maybe I should have named it "Mimosa Tree with a Butterfly > on it". > > -- Walt > > On 12/8/2010 2:00 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > The PPG offerings continue to include an extremely > large number of butterflies. Such a number tends to numb the > voter to the point of being difficult to overcome, thus > placing such images at somewhat of a disadvantage.(?) > > This image, however, I feel is unique enough to have a > good chance at making it in. Even though there it rather > more going on in the background than it would really need, > I'd enter it. > > > > Jack<yes> > > > > --- On Wed, 12/8/10, Walter Gilbert<ldott...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> From: Walter Gilbert<ldott...@gmail.com> > >> Subject: Re: PESO: A Swallowtail in Respite > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<pdml@pdml.net> > >> Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 11:45 AM > >> Oops ... forgot the deets: > >> > >> K-x, Asahi Takumar 135/2.5, ISO 200, 1/320, > Aperture > >> priority, unknown aperture setting. > >> > >> > >> > >> On 12/8/2010 1:38 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> Here's another butterfly shot I'm considering > >> submitting to the PPG and thought I'd get some > opinions on > >> beforehand. I'm just a tad "iffy" on it, as > it just > >> doesn't strike me as particularly vivid -- > something I'm > >> partial to in my butterfly images. Of > course, it's a > >> matter of taste -- which is why I thought I'd get > input from > >> the list. Anyway, here it is: > >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5244166815/#/ > >>> > >>> Comments, critiques, suggestions, and gift > >> certificates from KEH eagerly accepted. > >>> -- Walt > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
