I need PP help please...

I really wanted to bring out the eyes and get rid of the blown out whites. Anyone able to help me? Post how you did it also Thanks!

Here's my attempt:

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Thank you for the pping.. It looks night and day better then my unprocessed version. I appreciate it.

I an very curious as to how people bring out the eyes in bugs..

I assume that the external flash and a diffuser is a must.

Maybe I'm confused as to what you mean by "bringing out the eyes." Do you mean getting better detail, or getting better colors/contrast? Could you post some pics that you see as having the eyes brought out?

Sorry my reply took so long.

I assume this was shot from your 105mm macro? If so, in order to get the most magnification from a shot, you need to be as close as possible to the subject. Since the butterfly is almost entirely in the picture and has a fair amount of room on the top, I'm going to guess that either a) this is one tiny butterfly or (more likely) b) this shot was not taken at 1:1.

Your lens will only take a 1:1 (truly macro) picture at its minimum focusing distance. Get further away and the ratio decreases.

You'll need to get the most magnification possible in order to see the detail in the compound eyes. The shot of mine that you posted was a crop of an image taken at nearly 2:1!

Is the image you posted cropped much or at all? Also, about how far were you away from the butterfly? It's my guess that you'll need to be about as close as possible to the minimum focusing distance to get the kind of quality you're looking for.

I hope this helps.