Glider

[Carel v/d Sanden]

Pendulum Glider
Picture is full frame, 100mm plus 1.4 extender.


Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/4
Av( Aperture Value ) 13.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
White Balance Mode Cloudy

http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/5672350/1024/Birdshoot/IMG-2762-zweefvlieg.jpg (http://nl.picturepush.com/public/5672350)

[bhavya joshi]

Excellent shot.. carel.. super sharp.. nice angle.. And great BG too..:cheers:

[Roman Kurywczak]

No complaints from me Carel!!! Outstanding!!! :cheers:

[Jerry van Dijk]

Very nice and close, Carel! BG looks great and I like the position of the fly in the frame on the diagonal of the leaf. It does seem that you loose some detail with the extender, I would have expected to see more detail on the eye and all the tiny hairs. I would add a bit more contrast/clarity and a bit of sharpness to the fly.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nice shot, The colours on the fly appear quite subtle (?) I think you have achieved fine focus there though I too sense the image is just a tad soft - maybe a little more sharpening and/ or a linear curve or a broad Unsharp Mask would help a little??

[Brendan Dozier]

Wow! Carel, the quality and detail on this is really superb! Nicely exposed and compose!:cheers:

[Mitch Haimov]

Superb, Carel! Love the eye--looks like ground glass and I want to touch it. Excellent angled composition and detail-less bokeh always makes a great BG for this type of image. The water drops are a nice bonus. The subject is so strong that I didn't notice this initially, but there is a light glow along the edge of the grass throughout the triangular area at the bottom of the frame. There also seem to be some unusual artifacts along the edge your subject is facing.

[Carel v/d Sanden]

There also seem to be some unusual artifacts along the edge your subject is facing.


You see the lighter edge with is the midrib of the leaf.
The leaf is folded and it seems that there is an odd edge.
This is all original pictures to see just more and no editing edge.

[Steve Maxson]

Wow Carel, this fly looks like it's ready to fly right off my monitor! The light, comp, and background are all very nice and the overall DOF is outstanding. I'm OK with the sharpness - I'm thinking that increasing the sharpness may quickly give it an oversharpened look - this might be something you could experiment with. :S3: Very well done! :cheers:

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Nice pose and well composed. I like the details and sharpness, perfect BG. Very nice capture.

[Nick Palmieri]

Great capture!! TFS

[KK Hui]

Superb detail, color and sharpness ...
Beautifully done, Carel!

What 1.4x extender did you use?