Last hoverfly for a while (+revised)

Revised Version

Revision 1 (latest)

What changed: Many thanks - tighter crop as recommended

Added after receiving feedback from the community.


Original Version

Critique Style: Standard

The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.

Feedback Focus: Artistic / Expressive

About This Image

Another play practising my macro stuff
Tried to get both of them in the same plane of focus but not quite succeeded , so tried to darken the top right one.
There is an alternative crop tight on the in focus one

Feedback Requested

Any suggestions and tweaks welcome

Technical Details

Camera: A7v
Lens: 90mm macro
Focal length: 90mm
Shutter speed: 1/250
Aperture: f/20
ISO: 3200
Flash: yes -1ev TTL

Huw: The tight close up works well for me but the OOF second HF does pull my eye and immediately got my attention. I do think you could also crop a bit looser for an alternative view of the main subject. The colors do look good and the detail on HF 1 is marvelous. >=))>

Thanks @Bill_Fach
Love your crop too. I was a little fearful of going in too close as the mouthparts to my eye are slightly soft.

Many thanks

Huw

I’d say in this case to go with the tighter crop, Huw. The second hoverfly is just a bit too far away and close to the edge in the wider view to get any attention, so I’d go with the old saw that “if it doesn’t add anything, get rid of it.”

The original poster added a revised version of their image.

Huw, this is a wonderful macro photo. I prefer the tighter crop.

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Thanks @joyce _ I think everyone does too

regards

huw