moth - Metalectra miserulata

Moved

… margarethe brummermann, 12 July, 2013 - 1:39pm

Glad you like it.

I use software that came with my 8 year old Canon, ArcSoft PhotoStudio 5.5. On sheet shots I often bump up the brightness to best show the moth, mostly because I don't have very good command of my external flash and camera settings. This makes the sheet too bright and distracting. What I then do is select the "bucket fill" option in the software. Next I select the color from the photo that I want for the background, usually a lighter tone from what is already there. Then I bucket fill the large areas of similar color all with the same color. It has a slider bar to select the sensitivity so it doesn't grab tones that are on the moth. Then I "paintbrush" over areas that "bucket fill" missed with the same color to clean it up. Takes some trial and error but I sometimes like the results. I imagine PaintShop and other softwares have a similar features.

… Randy Hardy, 12 July, 2013 - 6:53pm

Yes, I have something

similar, i'm not sure I can set the sensitivity. Lots of work! thanks again

… margarethe brummermann, 13 July, 2013 - 1:39am

My first impression is 8507

I can see Metalectra edilis in this one but I need to do some more looking around first.

… Randy Hardy, 12 July, 2013 - 12:23pm

I like this one better.

Metalectra miserulata - 8506. I did some heavy editing of your photo and it looks very good for this one. I can email or Facebook you the edited photo, or add it here, if you'd like to see and/or use it. I will delete the photo from my hard drive when we're done with it.

… Randy Hardy, 12 July, 2013 - 12:57pm

Thanks, Randy

If you can just replace this one here, that would be fine. Are you an editor? If not, put it up on fb, I can grab it there

… margarethe brummermann, 12 July, 2013 - 1:39pm

Here is my edited photo. Feel free to replace it if you prefer your own.

… Randy Hardy, 12 July, 2013 - 2:35pm

Nice

how did you get the evenly gray bg?

… margarethe brummermann, 12 July, 2013 - 6:35pm