
Originally Posted by
Julie Kenward
I offer an alternative crop for this reason:
I'm assuming the spider is the main reason for the image, correct? If so, why does the flower get so much of the room? Heck, the ugly old stalk got more room in the image than that gorgeous little spider! I've seen your dragonfly and butterfly images and they always show the insect in a predominant position taking up a large portion of the image. Here, though, the spider seems to get a little lost in all that is going on around him. Don't be afraid to get in close, especially with that macro lens! I'm not saying your crop is wrong but I think this one gives you all the good stuff without any of the distractions.
I cloned over the brown at the bottom edge of the flower, the white areas that were near the spider, and some of the larger flower "stamen" (for lack of a better term here) that were directly next to the spider.
I cropped out the stalk and the green on the side because they offered more distractions than advantages to the image IMO.
I left in the spider, the gorgeous purple flower and the neat blue BG that sets everything off.
See what you think...