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A few from the garden
I have loads and loads of insect photos to go through from this summer, but here are a couple I have edited so far:
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wow i love the second one, the depth of field is amazing!
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Wow - these are just awesome Em 
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Superb shots there, really nice work!
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Very nice - especially the second! I have sadly missed the summer insect season really - got one or two shots, but nothing I'm really happy with - just been too physically unable to use the macro lens!
That second really is fab!
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That second really is fab!
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Thanks guys!
As I had such a shallow DOF, for each nice one I probablly took at least 100 hundred OOF ones!
As I had such a shallow DOF, for each nice one I probablly took at least 100 hundred OOF ones!
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Ok...I'm gonna be the bad guy here. 
At first glance, both images look lovely, but after a second or two, the first picture started to jar with me.
I think the bee has been lightened / sharpened too much compared with the rest of the shot, and it really does stand out for all the wrong reasons, at least on my monitor, which is crystal clear and shows up many many flaws that others might not see.
In the second image, it appears that you've edited the insect so much, that there is virtually no detail in it's eyes, which I would expect to see in a shot so big. Either that or you've missed that focal point.
MD
At first glance, both images look lovely, but after a second or two, the first picture started to jar with me.
I think the bee has been lightened / sharpened too much compared with the rest of the shot, and it really does stand out for all the wrong reasons, at least on my monitor, which is crystal clear and shows up many many flaws that others might not see.
In the second image, it appears that you've edited the insect so much, that there is virtually no detail in it's eyes, which I would expect to see in a shot so big. Either that or you've missed that focal point.
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Thats not being the bad guy! Undermining my pictures in a TOTM is being a bad guy! This was just honest critique which I appreciate!
Just looking back at the originals and there was no detail in the eye so it was a case of missed focus rather than over editing.
Just looking back at the originals and there was no detail in the eye so it was a case of missed focus rather than over editing.
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I won't clutter the thread with extra picture, but here is a link to the hoverfly SOOC:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/...875a7f96_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/...875a7f96_o.jpg
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I do think the focus point is missed - it was something I noticed - but to be honest, here's me being the one to break the mould as always, I don't think it matters! I still think it's a very appealing shot, and one I would put on my own wall 
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