My very first contest entry. I took this photo with my Olympus FE-180. The sun was to the SE; over my right shoulder... about 12:30pm in the afternoon. I reduced the exposure to -1.0 and chose Super Macro as my setting since my camera is horrible at close up shots on default. I sharpened the final image, as well. I took 5 photos of this yellowjacket on my stair railing of my deck before my dog scared it away. This was the 4th photo. Please, let me know how I can improve. I'd also like to know what I did right, as well.
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Nice. Good, tight, pretty sharp capture of the yellowjacket. If it weren't minimal editing, I'd suggest cropping tighter, because the background doesn't help the shot, but nevermind. The lighting is a bit harsh. Maybe try finding the guy earlier or later in the day and shooting then (yeah, right).
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