flower and moth

[Dylan8i]

i posted this one in the N/W forum as well. but i hardly ever post in here and thought id see what everyone says about this shot.

it is a crop, maybe 2/3 of full frame. Shot was hand held, 60 mm macro, flash off camera hand held off to left side.

[Dylan8i]

so i guess this is the perfect picture?

[jgredline]

Overall I like the image.

What I don't like;
Two things pop out to me.
The colors look way over saturated and the bottom part of the flower is cropped and perhaps crop a little more off the right to get rid of the little remnant of the pink flower, or clone it out.

What I do like;
The bokeh is great, I like how sharp it is, especially where the insects eyes are, I like the detail of his wings, I like the composition allot and the crop (except for the cut flower)..All in all a fine capture in my book

[Dylan8i]

thanks Javier

heres the full frame shot straight out of camera



and a second attempt at crop

[jgredline]

Wow, I think those are both excellent, but the first one of the two is a home run right out of the box. The composition is perfect IMO.

[Pyro37976]

Great colors and composition, nice crisp image.

[Greg McCary]

I like the first edit. The eyes are sharp so I think the motion blur in the wings and tail work too. I like the heavy saturation and the composition.

[starriderrick]

Great bokeh,the moth is tack sharp were it needs to be.In this case I feel the super saturation is acceptable.IMHO the first image works the best.Nice work.

Rick