[Irma]

I think this year we will have lots of different butterflies....





After a rainy morning...





This got it from the garden but the picture was taken in my little studio... Just to have good light...




Thanks for your comments...

[Russt]

Hi Irma, lovely shots.........really like the washed out look in #2,,,,,,,was this done in pp?

the light and detail looks good in your snail pic

[Toad]

#3 works for me - I like the texture of the leaf that you have captured in particular.

[Keith Alan]

#2 & #3 are stunning, gorgeous, etc etc

[Paul.R.Lindqvist]

Great work Irma!

#3 and #2 is really standing out. Nice framing.

Is it that warm already in germany ?

Its -1 celcius here in sweden .

/Paul L.

[Irma]

Thanks so much for your comments...

Russ
This wash out look, kind of desaturated is a technique I work when I have flowers with a very difficult color, like purple, red, or when the background of the picture doesn't match well.
I make a sepia version of the flower, and then blend it to color mode and reduce opacity. Then work with contrast and there it is.

Paul
At the beginning of the month, we had already temperatures between 13 and 17 degrees. Sorry, to know that you in Sweden are still with cold weather.

[NT73]

I like the flower and how you have made it to look like a butterfly.

[Banded Drake]

very nice photos Irma , I like 2 and 3 best too .


........ Shawn

[Zig]

Irma, your photographic journey over the past year or two has impressed me greatly; you're always willing to engage with new ways of working and you just seem to have a knack of imbuing your work with a kind of observant gentleness. I am too impatient to get macro shots like this! #2 is lovely.

[Irma]

Thanks so much for your comment Shawn, NT...

Zig, Thanks so much for your thoughts about my pictures. You can't imagine how much they mean to me...