Comment from N@T3
Time September 12, 2009 at 4:51 am

you can crop it

Comment from Alan K
Time September 14, 2009 at 10:06 pm

Your composition needs improvement. Look up “rule of thirds” on the internet. You have too much deadspace around the photo.

Comment from sina_jax
Time September 17, 2009 at 3:38 am

Yeah, crop the negative space from the bottom completely, and partially from the top, then crop a little from the right side, so that the photo is more horizontally oriented than vertically.

Comment from kirsche e
Time September 20, 2009 at 12:48 pm

Hmm…besides the cropping and stuff…maybe a touch lighter, and a bit sharper….

Comment from photoguy_ryan@verizon.net
Time September 23, 2009 at 2:12 pm

Well, first, do you like it. What would you do to change it?

It would be nice to see what the original was like, to compare to your posted shot.

As for the “rule of thirds” comments. Thats generally for newbys that have no idea how to set up a shot by themselves.

There are no hard set rules for composition. Merely suggestions.

Find your art.

Comment from classicrockrox
Time September 24, 2009 at 6:16 am

The deep green background is very distracting and there is a lot of open space. Try cropping it a bit.

Comment from captsnuf
Time September 24, 2009 at 6:40 pm

crop so the butterfly isn’t so dead center…put her in the “golden mean” (off center and a bit low)

Comment from Moose
Time September 28, 2009 at 1:39 am

Compared to all of your other really great photography, it is simply too flat for me. Part of that is due to a very dull colored butterfly but that is not it’s fault. I would just chalk this one up as not one of your keepers and keep trying for a better angle, overall focus, etc. It might look better cropped and in black and white.

Comment from PixdeeArtist
Time September 28, 2009 at 10:06 am

If the original has the end of the piece of grass the moth is on, I would crop it show it shows and the moth moves to the right a bit. However, if that is not the case, then I think the only thing you need to do is maybe crop a bit off the top and”blur” the background a bit more. I think it is a nice photo and congratulations on actually getting a flighty subject like a moth when it is standing still.