Dew on the Robber Fly

[Layton E Parham]

Canon EOS 1D Mark III, 70-200f2.8L IS, 200 mm, 2- 25 mm extension tubes. 1/160 sec, Iso 800, -1/3 stop.

[Desmond Chan]

I wonder if it would look better if you crop it a bit.

[Layton E Parham]

I'm just learning. This is my first Macro post. Hand held shot.

[Steve Maxson]

Wow! The sharpness is amazing for hand-held. Did you use flash? I really like the "large" water drops and their reflections. I prefer the crop on the repost.

[Robert O'Toole]

Awesome layton.

Before I saw the repost I was going to recommend Vertical and crop but you beat me to it! The droplets with the flower image reflected are really great details.

Repost looks much better. Great job for handheld W/O flash. Very low flash would have opened up the shadows and balanced the ligther left side. Also the flash would have warmed up the right side WB.

Robert

[Mike Moats]

Hey Layton, the repost is excellent. I agree with Robert when I saw the original, I thought vertical.

[Bob Allen]

I'm with Toolie & Mike: cropped & vertical. Would've liked a touch more dof so both front legs would be in focus. Unreal shot for HH. What was your aperture?