Painted Lady Butterfly

[Erik_Olympus]

I used an Orton-like effect on this shot. What do you think?

[hminx]

Erik the shot has quite a few elements that distract from your primary subject.
I'm curious as to why you applied the Orton effect to this, and had you thought about applying a layer mask to the butterfly so its isn't effected by the orton effect and stands out a little more ?

[Erik_Olympus]

Thanks for responding.

After posting the image, I realized that the light blobs in the background were really distracting and this isn't the best image.

I was playing around with a bunch of shots using the Orton effect and liked the way it looked in this shot. I may have been too enamoured of a PS technique. I'll try your suggestion of masking the butterfly.

[JednaChwila]

Lady Butterfly - I like it