Moulted Costa Rican Cicada
This is another image from our La Tirimbina Reserve night walk. This cicada has obviously recently moulted and was waiting for its wings to dry.
This version is basically a full frame image.
Canon 40 D, Sigma 100mm f 2.8 Macro, Sigma 500 Super D Flash with deflector at ISO 400. Handheld
Perhaps I should have tried to clone out the OOF branch which intersects that wings but I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to remove the portions showing through the transparent wings.
Excellent details and I see your point about the OOF branch. The wings look so transparent !! Very nice.
Stephen, I found some of the noise i the picture a little distracting. I took the photo and tried to reduce some of the noise. Not sure if I helped. The picture looks great and the comp is excellent. We had these things everywhere in Viriginia.
Stephen, I'd still give it a try. Chances are the area behind the wings wouldn't really have to be cloned out - I bet it would hardly be noticeable once the stick was removed.
One other suggestion would be to try to open up the shadows just a bit on the eye on the right. It would be nice to see a little more detail on that side of his eye/body directly below the eye.
Otherwise...cool image! Love the details in the cicada and the way you got both the bug and the former shell.
Thank you Denise, John and Julie. I've taken all you comments into account and tried a re-work of the image. Hopefully it's an improvement.
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