MONARCH BUTTERFLY

HELLO EVERYBODY I AM NEW TO THE FORUM & NEW TO THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY. I HAVE JUST PURCHASED A T2i SO I THOUGHT THIS LOOKED THE BEST PLACE TO HELP ME TRY & UNDERSTAND IT & ALSO TO LEARN TO USE IT WELL. ANYWAY I KNOW THESE PIC'S WERENT TAKEN WITH A CANON BUT I THINK IT IS STILL A NICE PIC I TOOK USING AN OLYMPUS E-420 WHILST IN CUBA CAYO GUILLERMO (I BELIEVE THE BUTTERFLY IS KNOWN AS A MONARCH BUTTERFLY)

1. Welcome.
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3. The picture:

The colors are kind of...lacking. The butterfly is missing it's color on the wings.

CPL would've helped here to bring out the colors a bit more but it's not bad. Composition is a little plain but it looks like you nailed the focus.

i dont even know what the term cpl means lol.. i am totally new to this but does this look any better??

Now it looks too saturated. :P

CPL = Circular Polarizer. It's a type of filter that is used to cut light reflections and haze. It enhances greens pretty well.

A CPL filter will bring out the colors in a pic particularly greens of grass and plants and blues of the sky. I like the crop you did but it's a bit too over saturated now. Just take it down a little bit and it should be good.

Here's a shot I took with no CPL and one with the CPL. Notice how much the clouds and sky pop compared to not using a CPL.

No CPL:

http://www.flickr.com …in/set-72157623557130744/

CPL on:

http://www.flickr.com …in/set-72157623557130744/

nice pics i have already done a little bit of research into polarizers & have ordered one of the new 58mm hoya hd circular polarizers which cost me only £39.99 u.k. sterling & i have also got a new 58mm hoya hd uv filter & i paid only £25.59 u.k. sterling for that too!

Thanks and nice choice. That's the same one I used for that pic on my Sigma. I honestly think it's the quickest way to improve an image like that. It actually surprised me the first time I used it and now I almost never take it off.

i only hope i will be achieving shot's nearly as good as that some day soon but i am really new to this so i expect it will take time as i have had no training of any sort in using cameras or in any kind of photography & i am just trying to learn as i go & i have purchased a few books to help me get started

undagroundsoundz wrote in post #9776639
i only hope i will be achieving shot's nearly as good as that some day soon but i am really new to this so i expect it will take time as i have had no training of any sort in using cameras or in any kind of photography & i am just trying to learn as i go & i have purchased a few books to help me get started

Thanks! The quickest way I learned was to set it to manual only and start shooting and looking at the pic and adjusting until I was happy with the overall image. It was really hard to understand everything at first but once I got the basics it just took off from there. I still have a TON to learn but I'm happy with my progress thus far. This place is awesome and has helped a lot too. What lenses do you have?

thats another thing i need to learn about lol.. lens's i just have an 18-55mm as thats which t2i kit i bought the 18-55mm kit but i will be looking into buying a new lens which will be suitable for taking distance shot's etc.. as i understand that mine is not for this purpose. i will be buying a new lens in may time as i am going to mexico for a fortnight mid april & funds are tight until after i return but this will be top of my list on my return. shame i didnt have one before as would have loved to have taken one with me. anyway i dont even really understand all the 18-55mm, 70-200mm business yet. so any advice would be great & i am now really starting to take interest in all aspects of photography hence why i have bought the t2i & sold the olympus e-420

I'm going to send you a pm to try and help you out.