Common green lacewing

Posted by artsevestre on Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:42 am

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A common green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea) portrait. Usually I really like the detail in the wings of these animals, but I wanted to try something a little different here and catch a frontal view with a shallow DOF. I'm not too certain if it really works. Honest and tough critiques are very welcome

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Lacewing larvae are active hunters and live off aphids and many other small 'pests'. That's why farmers and gardeners are quite happy to see them. The adults live a more peaceful live though. They mainly eat pollen, nectar and.... aphid honeydew! Quite a change in behaviour! But then... that's not uncommon for insects

. Fascinating creatures!

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by Wil Hershberger on Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:35 pm

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Cool perspective. The light is very interesting. I think that I might crop some off the right edge as there is too much dead space there. Making it a vertical with the crop would look great. Very nice shot.
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by Tom Whelan on Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:16 pm

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I like this very much, but I agree with Wil that a vertical crop makes it stronger. The eye detail is great.

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by Lisa Gimber on Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:22 pm

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Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by Steve Mason on Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:34 pm

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Wow, really cool perspective.
It works for me, though the name does make me want some wing detail

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by Matthew Pugh on Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:10 am

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Hi Arthur
Overall a really pleasing image and I very much like this different perspective. Looks almost like a bug crawling out of a tent

Seriously I think you have done a great job of getting the focus spot on, having the eyes & front legs sharp and then softly blurring works real well. I would have to agree that for my taste I think you have placed the negative space in the wrong place. I would have preferred to see extra room placed upon the top & left, helping to reinforce the diagonal composition that you have given us a glimpse of in the insect’s placement. I hope you find these comments useful and thanks for another enjoyable image.

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by Michael Brown on Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:57 pm