Citrine Forktail

[Tim Vidrine]

I was able to capture this female Citrine Forktail this past Saturday morning.

Thanks for looking.

Canon 40D
Canon 180mm 3.5 Macro
ISO 400, f/6.3, 1/30s
Manual Exposure
No Flash
Crop off the left side and top

[John Cooper]

A nice clean image Tim with an ultra soft BG. The complimentry colours of red and green work well here.
I would have given a bit more space all around but thats just my personal taste. (You have to love that 180 macro)!!

[Robert O'Toole]

Everything looks great.....except for one, overall sharpness. It doesnt look blurry but I think a run of USM would really enhance the success of the image.
Otherwise, BG, colors, details, DOF are all good.

I agree with John on the framing, I would go with a little more room also.


Robert

[Sharna Lee]

Sweet! I like this capture. I agree on both counts. The framing and the USM.

Other than that it's an excellent capture.

[David Chauvin]

Tim,,,,nice angle of view, soft light and clean bg,,,,,,classic stuff.

I agree about the softness,,,,,,,check your pbase messages. ;)

[Tim Vidrine]

Thanks guys. I've been working on my sharpening somewhat due to a few comments I've received on over sharpening. Looks like I need to find a happy medium:cool:

[Mike Moats]

Hey Tim, I really like the shot and nice diagonal positioning. I like the crop, but I like tight shots. I'm on a small monitor so the sharpness doesn't look bad.

[Tim Vidrine]

Mike, thanks.

Here's a repost with more sharpening using the tips from David. It is full frame.

Thanks,

[Julie Kenward]

The repost is lovely! What a beautiful image, Tim. The details of everything from the body of the insect to the tiny dew drops are just perfect. Nice work!

[David Chauvin]

Tim,,,,the repost is worlds better in clarity. I also like the looser crop, but that's stictly a personal preference.

In case anyone is interested, here's a link to the method I recommended to Tim.

http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?p=98817#post98817

[Tim Vidrine]

Julie, thanks for the nice comments.

David, that's for the help. I've got a few other images to work on!

[Kaushik Balakumar]

A clean take. Loved the repost. Small water droplets in its body makes this image special. The water droplet on top of the stem (included in the repost) adds to the image too.