After The Rain

[Gus Cobos]

I was tinkering around Pops garden this morning and found this little guy drying himself off after the rain.
The image was painted with a Nikon D200, using a Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D macro lens, and a 12mm extension tube.

Image solution: focal length @ 105mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / metering mode - combination of in camera matrix, and hand held spot meter measuring three anchor points for balanced lighting. / ISO @ 200 / 1/60 - f/2.8 / white balance @ cloudy / AF - mode @ manual / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution - two speedlights on manual mode, powered down to 1/3 lumin burst with defusers attached and bounced off of two 24" gold reflector disks; one angled at 45 degrees and the secound one at 90 degrees. / exposure comp @ - 1.0EV / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +3 degrees / support platform - tripod assist / cable trigger release /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Cheryl Flory]

absolute gorgeous color. I think Gus' images have graduated from ETL forum! :D

[Lance Peters]

Glourious Gus - my favorite of yours - well done.

:)

[Harold Davis]

i feel like i say the same thing over and over!!! great job. buddy!! looks fantastic!!!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Absolutely marvellous my friend...
Regards,
Nicki

[Alfred Forns]

Didn't have to read it was yours Gus !!! Just had to look !!! Big Time Congrats !!!

[Doug Brown]

Awesome Gus! Your artistic vision is superb!

[Julie Kenward]

Very nice once again. I agree with Cheryl...these really belong highlighted in the Macro section. Think of all the people over there you could be inspiring!!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Totally agree with Mr. H. BTW is this from Pop's garden?
Regards,

[Richard Waas]

Another fantastic image!!! You have definitely perfected this technique. Time to publish a book. Congrats!

[Nonda Surratt]

Stupendous!