Ah, that explains it...
Yes, my image is rather awful, it just came to mind because of the
similarity (subject) to yours :-) Flash or tripod is always a good
idea for Macro work, and at that time, I had neither, not the vision I
have now. A lot happens in six+ years :-)
keep well!
Dawid
On 26 May 2012, at 5:13 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Hi Dawid,
>
> It is a 100% crop. I was surprised at the look of the flower
> parts. The
> edges of the plant components are soft, so perhaps that caused it.
> I went
> to B&W so that the colors would not overpower the wasp image. I
> focused on
> the wasp, and the plant parts are further away, so perhaps it is
> just OOF
> blur.
>
> Your image seems a little OOF to my eye. I get a lot of those
> between the
> few sharp ones of insects.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> From: "Dawid Loubser" <dawid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Black & White Wasp
>
>
>> What's with the awful detail smearing in this image? Looks like a
>> 100%
>> crop with "high" noise reduction at ISO1600 or something... Pity,
>> could have been a nice image. Kinda reminds me of an old image of
>> mine, of a wasp (also B&W):
>>
>> http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs13/f/2007/071/b/4/Vespa_Monochromatis_by_philosomatographer.jpg
>> (this very old, and rather unpleasant to my current photograhic eyes,
>> but we sometimes need to share our older, worse work ;-)
>>
>> Dawid
>>
>>
>>
>> On 25 May 2012, at 10:31 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>
>>> This unusual black and white wasp with brown wings was taking
>>> advantage of the first blooms on the Butterfly Bush. I have not
>>> identified the critter from online images.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Wasp+09+BW.jpg.html
>>>
>>> E-1 with Zuiko Digital 35/3.5 Macro, ISO 400, 1/400 at f/8, RAW
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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