Water beetle

[John Robinson]

Water Beetle
Done in specially made tank so (C) !!!:S3:

Acilius sulcatus. Quite a small diving beetle like a small version of the big Dytiscus

Small slave flash on top of tank and hand held secondary one to left
60th second
ISO 200
F11
two stacked images - processed czm
70% of full frame. Not much else done.
Cheers
JohnR

[Jonathan Ashton]

Good detail and well focused, just a little too saturated for my taste but a good image.
There appears to be a pale area by the spike on the right leg is it an area of glass with no algae or something like that??

[Diane Miller]

Beautiful detail! Maybe a little lightening would have the effect of lowering the saturation a bit. Maybe just mask it to the bug -- the BG is lovely!

[John Robinson]

Thanks
Adjusted as suggested
JohnR
Jon - No idea what it was.

[adrian dancy]

Superb all round John.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi John. A nice sharp image and I like the diagonal comp. Of the two versions, I prefer the original with the richer colors. I might wish that the bright area of the background above the left leg wasn't there as it tends to draw my eye. Other than that, this is a very strong image!