Southern Hawker

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

Taken locally, on the day there was a little sunshine - seems like a distant memory now!.
I used the patch tool to tidy up the background.
Canon 20D Canon 180mm macro Canon 550EZ plus Stofen Omnibounce
ISO 200 -1/3
Flash Hi-speed sync -1.3
1/1250 sec @ f3.5

All comments welcome
Jon

[Jeroentje]

Amaizing DOF and nice colors to, the composition is also very good

[Ed Vatza]

Hi Jon,

First of all, I don't think the backgrounds looks bad at all. I think you did a good job with the patch tool. I do think the d-fly could benefit from some increased dof particularly around the head and along the wings. You shot at a/1250 sec and ISO 200 so you have plenty of room to go to f/11 or even higher.

[Fabs Forns]

I like the DOF. The BG seems to be close enough that going to f/11 would have made it more noticeable IMO.

Neat pose!

[Georgina Salup]

Very nice! great detail.

[Aristotle Georgiou]

Very nice Jon, great comp, excellent detail and BG looks fine.

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

Thanks very much everyone, I went for the high shutter speed because I was on a monopod and the ground was uneven and I couldn't keep very still.
Jon