Les, only a square bracket is visible?
Well done... How did you shoot this one???
Hi Les Is this a severe crop ? I think there is pixelation in the image.
I was lucky it was resting in the top of a swinging chair and i managed to get right up face on i got one picture but it was good so i cropped it and this is the result
Canon 700D rebel Sigma 105 macro lens
Yes it it a tight crop Could it be oversharpened
I haven't seen such an effect because of oversharpening Les. How does your cropped image look before sharpening ? If you see the same artifacts in the cropped (but not sharpened) image , then it means there is pixelation because of too much cropping
Some more experienced members might know better than me about the matter though
perhaps a circular vignette to take away the distraction?