"Little Billy"

[Gus Cobos]

“Little Billy”

Little Billy is having fun going down on his garden slide. Billy was painted with a Nikon D200, using a Nikkor 200mm f/4D macro lens with a 36mm extension tube.

Image solution:
focal length @ 200mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / metering mode @ in camera matrix metering / ISO @ 320 / white balance @ cloudy / 1/250sec. - f/5.6 / AF-mode @ manual / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution - no speedlight - ambient lighting / exposure comp @ +1.7EV / tone comp @ +2 degree / hue adjustment @ +2 degree / saturation factor @ +3 degrees / support platform - monopod /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Best bg I've seen for a fly Gus !!! Really like this one !!!

[denise ippolito]

Gus, Very lovely composition and your fly is nice and sharp.

[Lance Peters]

Gus - like it a lot - love that yellow BG. Congrats :)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I agree re: BG. Very nice in comparison to Mr Fly. Well done Sir Cobos. I like it mucho. :)

[Christopher Miller]

Beautiful Gus! The DOF is perfect, and love the colors. Well done. :)

[Hazel Grant]

A question: when you say Little Billy was painted, is that word "painted" a reference to the PS work you did on the shot? Or is it more technical than that?