Tadpole

[Jonathan Ashton]

Dark ground illumination ISO 200 -0.67, 1/60 sec f20 Nikon D700 Nikon 100mm macro
All C&C welcome.

[MiroslavMaric]

Like the composition and light. It looks very scientific.

Cheers,
Miro

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Jon. Very nice rim lighting and overall sharpness. The tiny developing legs add interest. Very well done!

[Norm Dulak]

This is very interesting, Jon, and quite nice. Subject, sharpness and composition are all excellent. But although I like this image as it is, I think that your subject was a bit too opaque for best results with the dark ground illumination approach. And if it were mine, I might also have considered rotating the image counter-clockwise a little, to put it more on a diagonal.

Norm

[Ron Conlon]

I like the approach and the subject. While it is a little more opaque than is typically used for this type of lighting, it gives us a new way of looking at the tadpole which I like.

[Don Railton]

I like the rim lighting on black BG. My only suggestion is to lift the center of the body just a touch as I feel it looks a little dark and there is detail there not easily seen. Tip of tail could be a little sharper also.. very interesting shot..

Don

[Shantanu Ambulgekar]

Great image Jonathan.
These tadpole are very agile and finding them at standstill is very difficult and that too take a image like this!! Wow.

[shane shacaluga]

Liking this backlit image although I agree about the body being a bit lighter to show off the detail

Looks like something you would see down a microscope!

TFS