Crunch crunch

[Ken Childs]

Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Av mode
1/200"
F13
ISO:200
Pop-up flash on
LR & CS3
HH

The Black Swallowtail caterpillars finally showed up.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Ken,
I'm doing a too much debate with myself right now. Exposure, light look pretty good.....maybe a touc bright w/flash for some....but I am OK with it......my debate is this: is it just too much room for a portrait? Sharpness on head/face/legs is outstanding with great munching action......not too fond of the right 1/3......although not sure I want to see the whole body either. I'm thinking tube.....and concentrate on top 1/3 munching....tighter portrait. Make sense?

[Ken Childs]

Roman, just before I posted this I had the same debate with myself but I went ahead and posted it anyway so I could see what others said.

How's this look? I forgot to mention in the OP that I cloned out a few flash highlights.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Now that's what I'm talking about!!!

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Beautiful details and sharpness. I liked both the compositions.
But where am unsure is if the blue BG (probably sky?) goes well with the colours of this caterpillar...

[Bob Miller]

Hey Ken....Like the 2nd post better! Great shot!

[Julie Kenward]

Ken, I also like both posts but agree with Kaushik that the depth of the sky almost overwhelms the caterpillar. I lightened it up a bit with a push on the mid and upper tones in levels just to see what it would look like, This is what I came up with.

[Anita Bower]

I like both portraits,. In the cropped version I notice the little details around the head more, which is nice. I think I prefer the lighter sky, but the original did not bother me. Great detail!