I don't do too much real macro, but this was interesting. It was taken at the Shaw Butterfly
House in St Louis, MO. No clean up done..........and cropped.
Hey Jay,
I know these guys well! Not usually veery cooperative! I do like the tight crop as it shows off the details nicely. I do think you can open up the blacks a touch....just to further bring up the details in the body and eye. Opening up the blacks will help take this up to another level.
Jay, I agree that bringing up the blacks a bit would really help here. I'm wondering if you did any color correction or hue changes because the greens on the leaf/BG don't look quite right to me. Maybe too blue? I also wish that back leg that come bounding into the FG were more in focus.
That said, I love the face, the tongue, thepatch of red "fur" on it's body...wonderfully done! The crop is a little close for me and I personally would have preferred a horizontal image with a 90 degree turn CCW but understand that this gives a different "feel" to the image.