What kind of camera? And what software to add the frames and titles, great effect!
Sorry for the delay in responding, but we've been away at a hot springs for a family reunion and I didn't take any technology with me (other than the camera
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Howard, Smoky got the data right--guess he's mastered reading the file info ;D.
I do all of my post-processing in PS-CS1 with a few add-ins. The framing is done manually in CS1, although I do believe I could write an action to do it. But, I'm lazy and it doesn't take long to frame them and enter a title.
I don't like to share any pic electronically that hasn't been processed and framed. Often times, the simple act of framing pushes an adequate image into the domain of the good.
Again, thanks for the positive feedback. But please note, when I look back at my "original images" folder I find forty butterfly images left after I deleted the others (don't remember how many)--the deleted one are those that I figured I simply couldn't rescue into a printable image. Of those forty, the four I posted come from a total of six originals that I think are the best of the lot. Of course I save all forty for I never know when a moment of inspiration would come along and suddenly I see the old butterfly landscape with new eyes (to paraphrase Proust).
And finally, a reply to Ron. Thanks for your positive feedback. What you are seeing is not from a macro, but is a crop of a pic taken with my Nikon CooPix 8800--details as posted by Smoky. Use of the macro capability would have required a tripod and a set up that I think is too obtrusive for a public place. Instead, as steady a hand as you can muster with Nikon's image stabilising function turned on.
As for the projects, get someone else to do them. I can't remember the quote exactly, but it's something to the effect that life grinds you down and art reminds you that you have a soul.
Ciao to all,
Doug