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Lady bug drinking water

Lady bug drinking water from a waterdrop on a flower petal

This was shot with the reverse lens tecnique where you attatch your lens the other way around (cheap way of shooting super macro).
Canon eos 350D was used,and natural light

5 Opinions have been expressed on “Lady bug drinking water”. What is your opinion?

  1. Mike commented:
    19 January 2011 at 6:23 am

    i would remove the bit of flower from the right,good detail and lighting

  2. Ben Broughton commented:
    19 January 2011 at 8:35 am

    Super macro Bjorn. Good detail, exposure and compo. Could do with a bit more sharpening.

  3. Marco commented:
    19 January 2011 at 8:51 am

    I agree with Mike. I also feel that the image is a little bit overexposed. Maybe 1/2 a stop. And that would add more shadow to the “face” which is also not good. Would like a different angle on this.

  4. Pikkie commented:
    19 January 2011 at 9:38 am

    Agree w/Mike on the right side. My main crit would be the loss of detail on the specific area you want to show (as per title)showing the drinking action – some light from the lower left would have helped – small reflector or fill flash. Its good to walk around with both a white card (reflector) and a black card (background) when hunting for these type of shots.

  5. Otto commented:
    19 January 2011 at 12:52 pm

    Amazing how I learn from comments made on any photos (not only my own). I look at the pic, mentally critique it myself, and then look at the comments made. Then I see things which I did not notice before.
    My own crit on this pic is the bright reflection on her back. Maybe a softer contrast and some sharpening would do (after cropping).