Pearl Crescent

[John Mack]

This image was created in Ithaca, New York on 7/18/18 at 6:37AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Camera on sticks triggered with remote.

Full frame.

Canon 5D MarkIII
Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro USM
ISO 1600
f9.0
1/20sec

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like the image, my immediate reservation is that for me it is too close to the subject. This is for two reasons, the first is there is little context - it is on a grass seed head but I would like to see the stem so we "know where we are". Secondly the fantastic detail you have caught is detracted by the OOF antenna tip. (I think you have a few dust bunnies creeping in on the lower LHS).
Colours exposure etc look top notch, it looks like an unusual butterfly - I have never seen one before - bet you're going to tell me they are common!

[John Mack]

Pretty Common but quite small and hard to find. The color on this one looks very faded. Nearing the end of its life cycle.