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University of Puerto Rico's Botanical Gardens. Canon 30D, Canon 180 macro/ext tube/580X flash. ISO 100, f/11 @ 1/250 sec.

[Julie Kenward]

Nice detail and composition Adcolon. I would consider lightening it up a bit, though. The entire image seems very dark.

[Amy DeStefanis]

Hi adcolon,

I love the name and the image.... On my monitor, the brightness looks fine - but then I like a little more subdued tones....

Great details.

Amy

[Julie Kenward]

Okay, now that I'm home on a calibrated monitor it actually looks pretty darn good! Never mind the "dark" comment earlier!

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I was wondering if it was time to get a new monitor.....thanks for explaining.

[Robert O'Toole]

Good work AD. Colors, comp, lighting and sharpness are all good.

One of my favorite of your images!

Robert

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Thanks Robert, Julie and Amy.

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Exposure looks spot on. Lovely details & colours too. I was only wondering if u cud've used a circ pol filter to get rid of the reflections from the slimy portions of its body. Just my thoughts... :)

[Chris Starbuck]

I was only wondering if u cud've used a circ pol filter to get rid of the reflections from the slimy portions of its body. Just my thoughts... :)

A polarizer won't help with specular reflections from flash. A diffuser on the flash might soften them a bit.

Chris