Closeup of a butterfly and a beautiful red/orange flower at a rest stop from CA to AZ

[jambaj0e]

All taken with my Olympus E-PL1 and a Konica Hexanon 57mm f1.4 with either fstop f4 and f5.6 or f5.6 and f8

For the first two picture, does it look better with the first one w/ no exp compensation or the second one with -0.3 EV?

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[grebeman]

Nice captures. The butterfly is a Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), probably the most widespread migratory butterfly in the world.

Barrie

 

[jambaj0e]

A friend commented that at the f8, the bokeh doesn't look that nice. What do you guys think? I know at f2 and f2.8, the bokeh is gorgeous. Around the mid-range f-stop, do you think it's not as nice?

 

[jambaj0e]

Hmm, not much feedback?