The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
During my recent trip to Death Valley I was camped at the trailhead to the Ashford Mine and decided to see what kind of life I could find after dark. There were many of these Desert Weevils crawling around on the Creosote bushes. I have always thought that if there were a contest to design a bug for Death Valley, the Desert Weevil would be a winner.
Specific Feedback
No specific feedback requested, but any critique always welcome.
Technical Details
Canon R5, RF 100mm/2.8 macro
1/250 sec., f22, ISO 100
Lighting: Canon Macro MT-24EX Macro Twin light with diffusers
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Paul: Now that is one ugly bug but you’ve captured it very well. I like your comp and you did a fine job with the lighting. I hope none of them visited your sleeping bag in your camp. Not sure they would be very welcome. Nicely done. >=))>
The Desert Weevil, with its distinctive face, would certainly make a great character in an animated film.
What I particularly like about the image are the colors, the contrast between the orange-red and the white.
My suggestion for improvement also relates to this. The image could be cropped so that the beetle is in the lower left corner and the leaves are on the right. This would increase the tension in the composition.
I also like the image as it is; it has a strong, positive feel.
Crazy bug – well photographed and presented! I could see some crop from the left or burning the vegetation there, but I can’t figure out why anything would pull my eye away from that bug.
He definitely won’t win a “bug beauty contest” but you did a fine job capturing and presenting him. I like the contrast of the colors of the leaves and branches to his almost white color. It shows him in his environment. I like @kathrin crop.
A very nice job on this weevil, Paul. I like your composition, but I also like crop @kathrin came up with. I suspect, with the geometry of the creosote, that you could find quite a few ways to crop this. The branching angles lend themselves to quite a variety of compositions.
I like the head on view better than the original. Lights and shadows are much better in the second image. Cropping more from the rh side strengthens the original comp too. Very good effort and results for this weevil. Great captures indeed…Jim
