I See You!

[Christopher Miller]

Last summer, I was lucky enough to find a polyphemus moth and get some nice closeups of it's wings. I used a butterscotch action from CoffeShop to give the image some extra pop. I then added a vignette as well as toned down and darkened the URC a bit.

[Julie Kenward]

Christopher the comp really makes this image IMO. The way the two "eyes" lead down to the "nose" and then the bend where the mouth would be...so nice! Only thing I can see that might improve this is to take the green to a brown color in the URC. That green really looks out of place with the butterscotch. Really nice detail on this. I wish I could find one of these in the wild!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Exactly what I was going to say!! Take the green and get a nice complementing brown texture in there. Seems to take the attention away from the main photo IMO Chris.

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks Jules and Jackie. I did as you suggested and replaced the green with brown. Let me know what you think.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Personally I would make it solid brown with just a hint of texture in it. Just my personal taste though.

[Julie Kenward]

Same here...darken it almost to the same color as the edging at the bottom. I think that would solidify all the way around.

[Paul Lagasi]

Very creative, nice sharp, colors, crop....I even see Jimmy Durante's nose in this one....TFS

[Kora Baker]

The repost looks great, Christopher. I like Jackie's suggestion of texturising and darkening the adjusted part. Such and interesting capture:)

[denise ippolito]

Christopher, Really nice repost and the butterscotch is fantastic. Thanks for the link. The comp. is nice and the eyes are way cool. Nicely done.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Christopher,
Very cool comp indeed! I agree with the UR corner recommendations......would just make it that much stronger!

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and composition, Christopher.

I agree with the URC, but might have cloned the lighter color of the wing up there. But ...

Your image ... Your vision.

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks everyone! Here's second try on the URC. Hopefully it looks good now. :)

[denise ippolito]

Nice repost Christopher.:)

[Kora Baker]

Yes, it blends in nicely now, Christopher:)

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks Denise and Kora, much appreciated! :)