Experimental Post Processing

[terrijo]

I was going for a unique look and think I found it. This photo was turned into black and white, keeping the butterfly in color then adding a lense flare special effect. Comments?

[tim]

That's quite nice. I'd probably try making the butterfly bigger and move the lens flare a little away from it.

[geecee]

That's quite nice. I'd probably try making the butterfly bigger and move the lens flare a little away from it.

I disagree. I would just take a bit off the LHS and a bit off the bottom.

It looks like it's under water to me. Very good.

[flyfisher]

I think you did a great job. I would also try a few different crops to see if it looks any better, but it is ok without doing that also.

[terrijo]

Thank you all for your comments. I will do a little more experimenting and if I find I like something better, I'll repost to get your feedback if that's okay....

[CDickinson]

Good job post processing! The butterfly in the center, tho isn't working for you.....might want to crop.

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[PacAce]

Very creative! :)

[diyfilms]

I love this photo. Did you experiment with using the lens flare a little further away from the butterfly? Nonetheless it's quite beautiful.

[blueskybutterfly]

I think it looks really cool :)

[Jemook]

Good shot, ruined by the lens flare.

[blinking8s]

Good shot, ruined by the lens flare.
ditto

[eljustino]

I like it a lot otherwise, again don't like the lens flare. The "internal reflections" lower in the picture are OK, so you could maybe try different variants of the flare - but probably best to leave it out. Or else come up with a flare formula that works!

[dandan]

IMHO photoshop lense flares look cheap. anyone who ever used photoshop knows how it was done.

a thing i do sometime is make 2 different lense flares then put them together, it still looks cheap but .. yeah
the picture in its self is very nice though

[Caimin]

I like it but I'd drop the lense flare and crop it a bit so the butterfly isn't so central.

[Fer]

I like it, I agree with cropping it and taking away the lens flare.

[ChP]

Lens flares in Photoshop are easily recognized and in my opinion give images a cheap, synthetic look when not used cautiously.

You have a great nature shot of a beautiful butterfly; the insect is the focus not flare of light near it.