Hornet

Beatsy · Post by **Beatsy** » Wed Aug 28, 2019 3:31 am

Sony A9+90/2.8 macro - 1/200th, f/4, ISO 500. Handheld in bright sunlight with a cheap white studio umbrella to shade it (it diffused the direct sun and blocked some of the breeze).

MarkSturtevant · Post by **MarkSturtevant** » Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:46 pm

Very nicely done! I have that sort of umbrella,and I should use it!

dunksargent · Post by **dunksargent** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:41 am

Very effective lighting for a super image

dunk

Beatsy · Post by **Beatsy** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:49 am

Thanks for the comments folks. Just for 'full disclosure' the above is a crop from this larger image. Given the forum, I cropped in for more detail on the subject, but I prefer this version (which is also a slight crop from the original shot).

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:12 am

Very pretty images!

BTW, there's no problem with the second shot. The forum is named "Macro and Close-up" to give some leeway for situations like this. There's no brightline criterion for what's acceptable, but historically we've been pretty tolerant of anything with a subject frame under 6" wide, except for commonly (over-)worked subjects like hummingbirds and faces of babies. Smaller is better of course. This image strikes me as being more in the 3" range so that's a comfortable fit.

--Rik

Yawns · Post by **Yawns** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 4:24 pm

I prefer the less cropped image too...