Catalina Bug

This was taken on my second outing ever with my Olympus D-40 about one year ago.

It was taken at Yellowtail Point on the front side of Catalina at a depth of about 100 ft.

The lighting was a sigle UK100 with diffuser in one hand with the D-40 (an no accessory lenses) in the other.

I like this shot becasue of the detail in shows in the bug's (California Spiny Lobster) eye.

ISO: 400 (fiixed)

apature: f 4.8

shutter: 1/30 sec (fixed in S mode)

focal length: 19.4 mm (full zoom)

The only post processing was an image resize (down) with ACDSee

Hi Batray,

Please notice I have edited your image to a size that doesn't throw out the whole thread (1250>640). Can you please in future post images for show or critique at a max longest side of 640 or smaller.

Also, a lot of members are still using dial-up and a 550k image takes a long time to come down. This image is just 71K and still looks good... B)

Thanks,

Bob

I posted the large (but reduced) picture becasue I wanted to show the detail in it. That detail is completly lost in your reduction of the picture. Just compare the original picture with your reduced version.

I appreciate that Batray, but you could post a second image of a cropped CU of the eyes etc. or in fact provide a link to your larger picture/html.

Cheers,

Bob

i dont particularly like this image as the lobster is obstructed and not even fully in the frame. and if the idea of hte photo was to display the eyes then why not concentrate on the eyes

this is an original image i took as theitr eyes fascinate me

so thats my words on this image, if the purpose was to get detailed eyes then get as close as you can and then zoom in !!

also you're settings seem was out to me. If you were using a strobe as you say you were then 1/30 and f4.8 seem like it is way to bright, even though the image looks alright what does everyone else think ? (just seems odd to me)

Giles