Recipe: Take One Part Nature, and One Part Technology…
As promised, I have lots of photos to poke through and then share. This one is a bit of me experimenting, as the monarch butterfly and flower were dangling over a really ratty looking chunk of concrete. I couldn’t get my camera to blur the background so that it didn’t look icky.
So… I took several versions of the shot anyways, and then played around a bit with my graphics package to delete the skuzzy concrete background.
And… Voila! Now I can share a shot of one lovely monarch butterfly visiting a Gallardia flower.
Technology. Gotta love it.
Tags: butterflies, flowers, Gaillardia, monarch butterfly
Garden, Village Life | JAS | 
August 9, 2010 10:21 pm
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By Marie, August 13, 2010 @ 1:38 pm
Absolutely stunning!
By Kris, in New England, August 14, 2010 @ 7:36 am
I do love the ability to change backgrounds when you have no other choice. But…I am a purist and a snob when it comes to photography. I’ll edit my own work to allow for exposure issues or lighting that wasn’t quite perfect but I refuse to do more with my own stuff.
That said – this is a gorgeous pic JAS and great work editing as well. It would be a shame to throw this one away just because the background wasn’t good!
By Elyse, August 19, 2010 @ 6:52 pm
Wow, that’s beautiful!
By Dan, September 5, 2010 @ 5:46 pm
Excellent, I love the white background – very close to the color of my driveway