"Little Randy"

[Gus Cobos]

“Little Randy”

Note:
The saturation and contrast levels were boosted just a little to make little Randy stand out looking his best on his new leaf.

Little Randy was painted with a Nikon D300, using a Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR, with a Nikkor 1.7 T/C and a Nikkor 12mm extension tube

Image Solution:
focal length @ 300mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / in camera matrix metering / 1/250sec. - f/22 / exposure comp @ 0EV / ISO @ 800 / white balance @ auto / AF - Mode @ manual / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution - a high intensity micro light panel was set to ¼ lumen output with a diffuser in front. / tone comp @ 0 degree / hue adjustment @ +1 degree / saturation factor @ +2 degrees / support platform - tripod assist, and remote electronic trigger release /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Harold Davis]

randy is glowing!!! the wavy leaf is just perfect. flowing through the frame like a lazy river.

[denise ippolito]

Gus, I think the leaf going thru the frame is perfect!! I like the details you got on Randy!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gus - Randy has 4 eyes - eeekkkk - Did you find him at the nuclear power plant?
The leaf is just perfect - great - love it:)

[Alfred Forns]

The perch is just brilliant !!! ... spider something else !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dave Mills]

Very nice comp Gus...image pops out at you! I like the pano crop.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Really like this image, the curvy leaf, the eyes contact (all four of them), the pano crop. Thank you for showing this.

[Bob Miller]

The flowing leaf is brilliant composition. Really like this one!

[BillTyler]

I really like this. The green leaf contrasts beautifully with the orange spider and the black background.

I might be inclined to crop a very tiny amount to center the spider just a little more. For my eye at least, if something is well off center, that 's great, but this is so close to centered that I want to move him just a tiny bit to the left, or (equivalently) crop a very tiny bit off the left edge.

Bill