Cabbage butterfly (Pieris brassicae)

This is a single handheld shot at 90mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 200, flash at 1/8 and Cygnustech Diffuser.

It is lightly processed with LR, then PS for sharpening and color grading, and finally enhanced with Radiant Photo 2. The main intervention is that I have to clone the front antenna from the other one, because it was the only part of the butterfly that was completely out of focus (this is a technique commonly used that I learned from Andres Moline's macro tutorial).

This photo is taken outdoors, and although the subject is a tiny one, it is nonetheless great for me! So this is "great outdoor (macro) photography." :)

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