Butterfly in the Garden 01 - C&C are welcome

[carloshpvp]

The shot was taken under midday sun, not the ideal light but that's the time these flowers are open. So, the butterfly was there and I thought it could work...


Visitante no Jardim 01 by Carlos Henrique Pereira, on Flickr

If anyone feels comfortable to give any piece of advice on the watermark, I would thank that too. I'm thinking about getting rid of the initials and let print name alone.

[Shadowman]

Nicely composed, however the flower overshadows the butterfly, nothing wrong with that though. I think the print name only would look better, the initials are a bit too large.

[Geoff F]

Yes, the butterfly is overpowered by a flower which is out of focus anyway. So I would consider cropping to concentrate on the sharp flower and butterfly. Several options for a crop but whatever you do won't completely remove the soft foreground flower; however, reducing it by around half would lessen the impact. Otherwise, this is a reasonably good shot.

Regarding watermarks. Because they are so easy to remove, a lot of people don't use them and simply adopt the principle that if you don't want your work to be copied you should keep it away from the internet.

Using a relatively low resolution image with prevent anybody making saleable prints but that is all that can be realistically achieved.

On the other hand, some people want their work to be instantly recognised and use a watermark more in the way of a company logo.

[carloshpvp]

Thank you for the comments. I agree with the position of the first flower. Next time it is a thing to have in mind for sure.

Regarding the watermark it would be there for identification purposes rather than rights protection. I'll try smaller initials or print name only next time.

Thanks a lot!

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[IzzieK]

+1 to the guys' comment, I also think the same way about cropping.

[carloshpvp]

Thanks, Izzie!