Eyes

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Dragonfly close-up

http://www.pbase.com/bkaushik/image/79576833.jpg

Nikon D70s + Tamron90mm Di macro
f11, ISO200

C & C welcome...

rgds,
Kaushik

[Gary "Jake" Jacobson]

Great detail. The out of focus foreground is a little distracting, but otherwise I like the sharp detail in the eyes.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Kaushik, Very cool image, I agree that the left FG blur is a little distracting, but the face pops very well to hold your attention. A little more focus on the nose would have been nice. Congrats on getting in this close with a 90mm.

[Robert O'Toole]

Agree with the previous comments. I like the comp and everything about this image but there is nothing more distracting than a light toned FG object that is OOF. I still like it in spite of this maybe a crop off the bottom would tighten it up and be more pleasing.

Robert

[Jeroen Stel]

As said by others i too agree a tighter crop would improve this.
Also the frame you have chosen is quite heavy distracting a bit from this nice shot.

Next time you get a chance to get this close to a dragonfly you might also try to get several shots from one position with different points of focus and then layer them in Photoshop to get higher DOF.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel