[ray]

I caught this touching down for a sip of nectar handheld comment's welcome please...Ray
Landing

[Markulous]

What a great and unusual pose! Love the simplicity - maybe worth losing the greenery along the bottom

[ray]

Is this a little better Mark

[Markulous]

You cheat!

Meant more along these sort of lines (as I thought the proportions were great - added to the almost abstract quality)


Crop, Rotate, Clone out greenery, Border

[ray]

Im not too good at cloning Mark i tend to leave steps if you know what i mean does that make sense

[Markulous]

Yeah, know what you mean! Sounds like Hardness of Clone Tool is set quite high - I put it to 0% usually (control is under Size). But do appreciate that it takes time to learn the technique that works best for you

[Dabhand16]

Originally Posted by ray

Im not too good at cloning Mark i tend to leave steps if you know what i mean does that make sense

You need to try to match the hard/softness of the bruch to match what you are cloning. In this case, very soft would be best. Then also vary the opacity to smooth out the edges.

[marcinklysewicz]

nice shot ray. very difficult situation for showing it sharp but you have done it well. i like central composition here, it's good for this kind of photo. the only thing i don't really like is background colour. i know that it's not your fault - and i have the same problem, lot's of photos from butterfly world but with gray background. it's not natural but because of circumstances i have to say it's fine.

[john crossley]

Nice one Ray.
As for the cloning just keep practising.

[Rob Barron]

Lovely shot again Ray. Your work is getting better and better by the day! Keep up the good work, this one is a real pleasure to view. Love it

Cheers,
Rob

[AQ]

Ray. Great picture - you are getting good at these. With a bit of practice you will also get good at Photoshop. Keep up the great work

[ray]

Thank you for all the kind comments i feel so grateful