Raindrop..+Repost

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18 replies

Posted by David Taylor on July 6, 2009 at 6:56 PM

..and fly on Golden Bamboo leaf.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50 EX macro lens
Sigma ring flash
Hand held
F16
1/200s
ISO50
Manual focus
RAW adjustment in
SPP3.5
Cropped in PS Elements 5
Framed in Xara Xtreme Pro 5

Posted by Craig Jones on July 6, 2009 at 7:17 PM

Well captured

love the composition and the water droplet is great

Posted by Lewis Thomson on July 6, 2009 at 7:55 PM

Great detail there David, the fly really stands out well against that leaf. Nice one!

Cheers,

Lewis.

Posted by eric weight on July 7, 2009 at 1:03 AM

I like this one very much for its comp, detail and colours, but I do think it could stand some more contrast as it looks a tad washed out on my screen.

Eric

Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 7, 2009 at 2:12 AM

I like this one a lot. Great detail, nice composition and lovely colours. Very well done.

Posted by Scott Tilley on July 7, 2009 at 2:24 AM

Really nice, perhaps a little more contrast

Scott

Posted by Brett Lewis on July 7, 2009 at 3:37 AM

Really very nice detail and comp on this image but have to agree with Eric that it does look a little washed out so a quick tweak in PS will soon have that fly popping off the screen.

Brett

Posted by John Robinson on July 7, 2009 at 6:22 AM

Excellent stuff.
I agree a litttle more contrast - not much.
A very minor nit too - if only the back leaf edge had been up a bit higher behind the wing tip.
Say camera up a fraction. That really is nit picking to the extreme though!

Cheers
John

Posted by Justin on July 7, 2009 at 6:58 AM

A fine close-up image. Just a slight increase in contrast, as mentioned, would add the finishing touch.

Posted by Matt Cole on July 7, 2009 at 6:59 AM

a nicely composed and nicely detailed shot David, well taken.

Matt

Posted by Ray on July 7, 2009 at 7:16 AM

David, sorry but the lighting doesn't look right plus the fact that there aren't any shadows, to give "structure" to the image.

Otherwise an excellent piece of macro work, the detail is astounding.

Posted by Bob Cox on July 7, 2009 at 10:56 AM

A tad flat but a good shot with wonderful detail.

Posted by tony flashman on July 7, 2009 at 11:01 AM

Interestingly, after dragging the image in PS the contrast levels are higher than the shot as posted. I see the image is srgb but you may want to check your method for saving for the web/uploading.
There are also one or two dust bunnies.
The shot just needs a tweak with the contrast and its there, nice one.

Tony

Posted by David Taylor on July 7, 2009 at 6:50 PM

Thanks for your comments everyone. Here is an amended version to the best of my limited abilities.

Tony, what is the 'best' method for web uploading?

Posted by Major Gilbert on July 8, 2009 at 3:44 AM

David second one looks ok but on a personnel note may have just given the main subject a boost and left the rest if you see what I mean.

Major.

Posted by Brett Lewis on July 8, 2009 at 4:12 PM

Hi David,

I had a quick tweak for you and found that it seems to be a factor of 'saving to web' rather than converting to profile as described by others during recent posts. Here is a quick adjustment I did using B&C, S&H & USM..

See what you think..

Brett

Posted by David Taylor on July 8, 2009 at 5:31 PM

Cheers Brett. Looks much better. What is the best way to 'save for web' ?

Posted by Brett Lewis on July 8, 2009 at 8:48 PM

in PS - Once you have finished all your processing then in the Edit menu, choose 'Convert to Profile' and then sRGB. Next - go to the File menu - Save as - Give your file a name and JPEG extension and save to where you can access it for upload to this site remembering to use the slider to reduce the file size to less than 200Kb.

Hope that makes sense..

Kind regards,

Brett

Posted by David Taylor on July 9, 2009 at 5:41 PM

Thanks again Brett for your kind advice.