Getting into the New Suit

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Jenny, the pups, and I headed up to Wilderness State Park in the Northern tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan for a week of fun. I took a load of camera gear and scrounged up a few shots. I found a milkweed bug finishing up its final molt to adulthood on some common milkweed. This is a single handheld shot and am amazed at the color and details present in the image.

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I reduced the saturation of the reds to keep the details present. Do you think that the reds are still too saturated?

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Z9 200mm f4 Micro (1/200 sec at f18, ISO 200) Crop for comp, DeNoise, Shadows & Highlights, Curves, Hue & Saturation…Jim

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Jim, this is really a nice find. Perfect timing of this guy. He certainly was bright enough in color to spot him. Excellent detail from a HH shot. Looks good to me as presented.

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Gorgeous color in this critter, Jim. Your depth of field worked beautifully with everything on the near side in crisp focus. Nice composition as well.

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Wonderful – an excellent find!! I have no idea what this critter should look like but this is gorgeous! The color doesn’t feel too saturated or too flat, with good detail. My first move with red/yellows is to tweak the Temp slider until I get the most detail, and then look at the Color Mixer. With a good balance (and good exposure) there is usually not much needed for tweaking saturation.

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Wow Jim, excellent detail for handheld single shot. I love the wrinkles in the wings. The color is great, tough to keep the red/oranges in check. Cool shot.

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Jim, the details, the colors and the composition are great. Nice job of hand holding!