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Hoverfly on Cosmos
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Hoverfly on Cosmos

by Ian Wolfenden

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted October 17, 2013114 views9 comments
Wasn't quite sure where to post this - a shot of a hoverfly on a cosmos with a messy bg that I have obscured with a vignette.

Canon 7D, Tamron 55-200mm lens @ 135mm, 1/3200 sec @ f11, - 1.67ev, ISO 1000, hh

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on October 17, 2013 at 4:35 PM
Nice job of obscuring the bg with the vignette. I like the white on white look. Excellent detail and color in the hoverfly and flower center. Very nice!
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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on October 17, 2013 at 11:44 PM
This is nice, Ian. Not sure where it goes, but it's beautiful. I hope you have a version without the fly too. :wink:
Great job with the clean-up.

Sanjay
Registered on April 9, 2013, 107 Posts, 725 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on October 18, 2013 at 7:42 AM
Nice work on the bg, Ian. Good choice to go with the white bg, and excellent pp work to get this result. The result is simple but effective. It would work well even w/o the hover, but I think the hover adds interest.
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 18, 2013 at 12:03 PM
Nicely done Ian! :toast:
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Comment posted by Stan Rose on October 18, 2013 at 10:55 PM
I love the subject, but i dont care for the vignette--it looks too 'fake' or forced. I would much prefer it if the entire bg was jut an even hue of the darkest blues here. Very pretty though.
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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on October 20, 2013 at 4:00 PM
A real piece of art I would say, Ian! The hoverfly adds to the interest of the image I think. :toast:
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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on October 20, 2013 at 6:09 PM
Such a simple yet effective composition. Very nicely done.
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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on October 21, 2013 at 12:41 AM
Ian ..a beautifully crafted image, and love the whites.

Balan Vinod
Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 21, 2013 at 7:42 PM
The whites are great here, Ian, and the yellow flower center and hoverfly stand out well. It would be a lot of work, but I'd be tempted to dodge the gray areas between the petals for a more even white background.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments