Green

[marlunn]

Took this at the weekend at a local park, it was a nice day and the insect world was 'buzzing', a robber fly cleaning itself on a Meadow Buttercup, all shades of green.

[JohnRostron]

Nice, sharp hairs on the fly with the hairs on the buttercup nicely soft.

John

[marlunn]

Thanks John, its fun with a 150mm macro on a crop sensor -the DoF is so skinny - getting it in the righ place is always a challenge

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[Jim A]

All that work to get to the centre of interest, Mark. I would crop off a lot on the bottom and some off the top, for a really nice image. JMTCW.

[marlunn]

Thanks John, appreciated

Cheers Jim, I can see what you say but the image for me is to have the scale and environment aspect, cropping it close makes it a portrait of the insect rather than a study of the insect in its environment - however as a portrait it works as well

[bnnrcn]

Very nice shot Mark , I prefer your original compositionally

[Rainforest]

So glad you included the shooting info Mark, I was wondering. It looks great. I like to include the environment too however I am not nearly as successful overall. Very nice image.

[Wavelength]

Class.... i too like the first more, but i #2 is not far behind

[marlunn]

Thank you Binnur, much appreciated

No probs Susan, thanks, if it is of interest more than happy to share

Thank you Nandakumar, much appareciated

[FootLoose]

A symphony in green! I prefer the original composition, too Mark. I like the way the stalk leads up to the subject.

[JBW]

well done

[IzzieK]

+1 to Binnur's comments. I kinda like #1 better too.

[marlunn]

Thanks Greg, that was my intent on the image, and it puts it into size and habitat perspective

Cheers Brian, appreciated

Thank you Izzie