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Awesome moth! Great catch! 
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re: #1364
Hi Jeff
In nature, as in photography, sometimes things are "nut" like we would like them.
Nowadays, in this part of Europe, we are going through the highest and longest heat
wave sine record time. The heat is driving me "nuts". Water levels are low. So it is
to everyone to decide if they should water their garden and plant beds. At this point,
no one was observed "live" watering the sidewalks! …this would be rather "nuts"
I know, …you see me coming! …or "nut"?
When a scene looks too dull, one may pop it up by locally applying adjustments i.e.
on mains elements of a take. Here, I think you went to far with the sliders in a too
widespread application.
Since this file is already saved, go back to your RAW and adjust the whole take's WB
and tonal range if necessary, making sure that all stays natural even if dull still. Now,
comes the artist! Your subject and main elements of the decor (tree and grass) may
be locally adjusted for colour and what "nut".
Your take will end up looking different for sure, closer to a natural rendition. Or nut?
Have a good day… (and show me what came out of it!)
re: #1364
Hi Jeff
In nature, as in photography, sometimes things are "nut" like we would like them.
Nowadays, in this part of Europe, we are going through the highest and longest heat
wave sine record time. The heat is driving me "nuts". Water levels are low. So it is
to everyone to decide if they should water their garden and plant beds. At this point,
no one was observed "live" watering the sidewalks! …this would be rather "nuts"
I know, …you see me coming! …or "nut"?
When a scene looks too dull, one may pop it up by locally applying adjustments i.e.
on mains elements of a take. Here, I think you went to far with the sliders in a too
widespread application.
Since this file is already saved, go back to your RAW and adjust the whole take's WB
and tonal range if necessary, making sure that all stays natural even if dull still. Now,
comes the artist! Your subject and main elements of the decor (tree and grass) may
be locally adjusted for colour and what "nut".
Your take will end up looking different for sure, closer to a natural rendition. Or nut?
Have a good day… (and show me what came out of it!)
Thanks for your comment. Every afternoon we have thunder and lightning accompanied by a lot of rain. I lost one of my trees about a week ago due to the rain and storms we are having.
When I am out shooting birds and wildlife I have my Nikon 70-200VR f2.8 on the D600 and my 70-300VR on the D7000. This way if I need more reach I grab the D7000 and if it is closer I use the D600. Having the 70-300VR on the D7000 gives me an effective reach of 450mm and lets me get out there a little farther. Both are great cameras!
Thank you very much for your kind words. This is more my style of photograph than the last several I have been posting. I go out looking and there is just not much out there right now to take pictures of.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Always a pleasure to view your captures but this one is just that bit more,bet you know that and was well pleased.
mike
Great shot! Way to go!