Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 3, 201098 views10 comments
Canon 7d w/ 300 f/4 + 1.4xTCII
ISO 200
1/1000s, f/7.1
Monopod
Cropped for comp
Comments
10 comments
Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on September 3, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Beautiful colour, texture and details. What a fine smooth BG !
The larger version looks aptly sharp while the smaller one looks a tad soft on my monitor.
Registered on January 4, 2008, 98 Posts, 1403 Comments
Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on September 3, 2010 at 3:16 PM
Nice diagonal composition and monochromatic colors. The smooth background helps make the moth pop! Both versions look a little soft to me, perhaps a little bit more sharpening to bring out the details?
Nicely done.
Registered on July 12, 2009, 92 Posts, 1074 Comments
Comment posted by Arne Myrabo on September 3, 2010 at 8:49 PM
These are supposed to be in our area, but I've never seen one. Nicely done!
Registered on August 28, 2009, 15 Posts, 35 Comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on September 3, 2010 at 11:49 PM
Very nice image and I can tell there is a lot of detail there. I think it needs just a bit of sharpening.
Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments
Comment posted by Sam Rua on September 4, 2010 at 1:02 AM
Thanks for all of the feedback. Here is a sharpened version for comparison. I can see now where the original version was a bit soft.
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Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 5, 2010 at 9:11 AM
Great capture, Sam. The repost works well. Really nice comp.
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Comment posted by May Haga on September 5, 2010 at 1:20 PM
Very nice Sam. I do think the repost is better.
May
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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 6, 2010 at 2:18 AM
Sam:
Nice capture. The repost is better. Like the diagonal placement. Just wish the little twig did not touch/overlap the wing at the rear but nothing you can do about that. BG is sweet.
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Sam Rua on September 6, 2010 at 10:04 AM
"Just wish the little twig did not touch/overlap the wing at the rear but nothing you can do about that."
Come on, Gary. Give me a real challenge!
Registered on September 9, 2006, 130 Posts, 2281 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 20, 2010 at 6:32 AM
Great job Sam, these always make a good showing here in the fall, but haven't seen any yet..
I think the first post is fine, great diagonal comp and BG my friend.
Well done
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comments
10 commentsThe larger version looks aptly sharp while the smaller one looks a tad soft on my monitor.
Nicely done.
May
Nice capture. The repost is better. Like the diagonal placement. Just wish the little twig did not touch/overlap the wing at the rear but nothing you can do about that. BG is sweet.
Come on, Gary. Give me a real challenge!
I think the first post is fine, great diagonal comp and BG my friend.
Well done