Swallowtail Butterfly

[Don Schaeffer]

[NKP68]

I like the color of the flower and the intactness(sp) of the butterfly. Many that I have seen lately have been missing parts of their wings. Did you shoot these through branches or something? You lost most of the detail and beautiful color of the swollowtail. Also noticed some texture/pattern over #2. I don't think it adds to the image.

Ed

[Don Schaeffer]

Yes through a bush. I had to use a lot of noise reduction to avoid the usual crit of noisiness. That causes loss of detail. I can't win. lol.